grandfather (may be used after name as honorific); male senior-citizen (may be used after name as honorific)
(husked grains of) rice; staple (product, etc.); necessity
huh?; eh?; what?; oh; hey!; look!
absence; being away from home; house-sitting; house-sitter; being left unattended to (of one's studies, etc.); neglecting
very much; exceedingly; extremely
circulation (money, goods, etc.); distribution; circulation (air, water, etc.); ventilation; negotiable (e.g. shares); distributional
to rule; to govern; to administer
role; assignment; position (of responsibility); post; part (in a play, film, etc.); role
the place for; the time for; the level of
to prepare; to provide; to set up; to establish; to organize
careful selection; careful screening; hand-picking
good quality; fine quality; superior quality; high quality
to push; to press; to apply pressure from above; to press down; to stamp (i.e. a passport); to apply a seal; to affix (e.g. gold leaf)
to recognize; to recognise; to deem; to judge; to approve; to deem acceptable; to admit
transactions; dealings; business
through; throughout; through (the good offices of); by way of
of course; certainly; naturally
profit; gains; benefit; advantage; grace (of God, Buddha, etc.) (esp. as attained through rightful actions, prayer, adherence to one's faith, etc.); blessing
one part; one portion; one section; one copy (e.g. of a document)
craftsman; artisan; tradesman; worker; workman
to diffuse; to spread throughout; to prevail; to become widespread; to reach everyone
to manage; to arrange; to talk over; to dispose of
quality (of a product or a service)
maintenance; preservation; improvement
thoroughness; completeness; consistency; thorough enforcement; seeing to it that a policy, etc. is carried out without exception
coincident with; while; simultaneously
morale (of troops, team, etc.); esprit de corps
to raise; to lift; to boost; to enhance
assessment; rating; grade; evaluation
different opinion; objection
father (esp. used in samurai families prior to the Meiji period)
one's personal belongings; one's vicinity; one's daily life; everyday necessities
those (near the second person)
curse; spell; malediction
mouth; opening; hole; mouth (of a bottle); spout; gate; door
to be doing; to be in the process of doing
take care of it; I'll leave it up to you; do as you see fit
splendid; fine; praiseworthy; creditable; legal; legitimate
to stop up; to close up; to stand in the way; to obstruct; to occupy; to fill up
all; completely; totally; entirely; thoroughly
to regain one's footing; to get back on one's feet; to recover; (of the market) to improve
difficult to ...; hard to ...