to be full; to wax (e.g. moon); to rise (e.g. tide); to mature; to expire
counter for articles; counter for military units; individual
various places; several sources
one sheet; one page; one block of tofu; one serving (in a restaurant); one long and narrow thing (e.g. guns, scissors, spades, hoes, inksticks, palanquins, candles, jinrikishas, shamisen, oars, etc.); one chō (unit of distance, 109.09 m); one game
three persons; three parties
prices of commodities; prices (in general); cost-of-living
tobacco; cigarette; cigaret; tobacco plant (Nicotiana tabacum)
emergency; extraordinary; unusual
highly priced; expensive; valuable; costly
famous sword; sword blade by Masamune; sake; Japanese rice wine; brand of sake from Nada region during Tenpō era (1830-1844)
one yen; throughout (an area); whole district
insufficiency; deficiency; shortage; dissatisfaction; discontent; complaint
coolie; laborer; labourer; carrier
demand; firm request; requisition; requirement; desire
strike (i.e. industrial action)
one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of
rickshaw puller; rickshaw driver; rickshaw man
low-priced; cheap; inexpensive; shallow (e.g. sympathy); superficial; cheap (e.g. government)
older brother; elder brother
Chinese poem with seven characters per line
law (esp. ancient East Asian criminal code); regulation; vinaya (rules for the monastic community); Ritsu (school of Buddhism); lüshi (style of Chinese poem); (musical) pitch; six odd-numbered notes of the ancient chromatic scale
argument; discussion; theory (e.g. of evolution); doctrine; essay; treatise
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
correct style in a haiku (like Basho's)
centimeter (esp. of cannon caliber, etc.)
unevenness (of colour, paint, etc.); irregularity; unevenness (of quality, results, behaviour, etc.); inconsistency; fickleness; capriciousness
to bloom; to flower; to blossom; to open
to peel; to skin; to pare; to hull; to bare (e.g. fangs); to open wide (e.g. eyes)
place of scenic beauty; picturesque place; beauty spot
to ask; to enquire; to inquire; to search; to look for; to look into
et cetera; etc.; and the like; and so forth
culture; civilization; civilisation; Bunka era (1804.2.11-1818.4.22)
savage; barbarous; barbaric; uncivilized; uncivilised
question (e.g. on a test); problem; problem (e.g. societal, political); question; question (i.e. doubt); public discussion