counter for long and narrow things such as guns, scissors, spades, hoes, inksticks, palanquins, candles, jinrikishas, shamisen, oars, etc.
government office; agency; board
wherein; therein; thereinto
to be mixed; to be blended with; to be combined; to associate with; to mingle with; to interest
I, myself; one-self; by one-self; even I; even one
ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pile (of noodles, etc.); bullet
column; beam; girder; digit; decade; order of magnitude
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
normal; usual; ordinary; everyday
withered trees and frozen rocks; (fig.) a person that is hard to approach
as a matter of fact; to tell the truth
woman; lady; adult female
cool; indifferent; apathetic; cold; cold-hearted; heartless
person to be reckoned with; person of importance; one person; one character; someone
mostly; ordinarily; probably; most; almost all; ordinary
calculation; computation; bill; check; consideration; allowance
coming and going; traffic; road; street; association; socializing
to go by; to go past; to run (between; of a rail service, bus route, etc.); to operate (between); to go indoors; to go into a room; to penetrate
little less than; slightly fewer than; just under; weakness; the weak
satirical; sarcastic; ironic
extramarital sex; affair; fooling around; infidelity; wantonness; unfaithfulness
disappointed love; broken heart; unrequited love; being lovelorn
broke; poor; short; skint; having no money
cowardly; timid; easily frightened
Meiji era (1868.9.8-1912.7.30)
relation; relationship; participation; involvement; influence; effect
person; character; one's character; one's personality; able person; talented person
two reams (of paper); 1000 sheets (of paper); stanza; verse; tribe (in taxonomy); forecast (bet); bet which predicts the top 2 finishers (i.e. quinella or perfecta bet)
envious; jealous; enviable (position, etc.)
leading a horse, cow, etc.; groom; horse boy; hors d'oeuvre; appetizer
kamaboko; steamed seasoned fish paste, usu. in a semicylindrical shape on a strip of wood and sliced to go in soup, etc.
to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)
to bite through; to eat up; to consume entirely
fragment; splinter; wane (of the Moon)
worry; concern; anxiety; care; help; aid