not only ... (but also); not merely; as well as; furthermore; besides; moreover
troublesome; annoying; complicated
Water Boar (60th term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1923, 1983, 2043)
21st day of the month; 21 days
exclusively doing ...; person who exclusively does ...; fetish for ...; first; most important thing; number one priority
humanity and justice (esp. in Confucianism); virtue; duty; formal greeting (between yakuza, street vendors, gamblers, etc.); (gang's) moral code
Eishō era (1504.2.30-1521.8.23)
Fire Tiger (3rd term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1926, 1986, 2046)
15th day of the month; 15 days
faithful; devoted; true; honest; sincere
great teacher (i.e. a buddha, bodhisattva or high monk, esp. Kobo Daishi)
Metal Dragon (17th term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1940, 2000, 2060)
28th day of the month; 28 days
benevolence (esp. as a virtue of Confucianism); consideration; human; kernel; nucleolus
assistant vice-minister (ritsuryō system, early Meiji period)
Sister (i.e. a nun; sometimes used as a posthumous suffix)
4th day of the month; four days
one's wife; one's wife and daughter or daughters
to abbreviate; to abridge; to omit; to leave out; to take; to capture
people close to the head man
dependents; family members that one has to support; encumbrances; things that tie one down
master and servant; lord and retainer; employer and employee
in-law; relative by marriage
same row; same line; same file; same rank; same level; same category
school building; schoolhouse
upper floor; upstairs; top of the stairs
cake served with tea; teacake
alternately; in succession
simple and honest; unsophisticated; simpleminded; naive; unspoiled
clothing (e.g. kimono) decorated with one's family crest
hakama; pleated skirt or loose-legged trousers worn over a kimono mainly on ceremonial occasions; (leaf) sheath; (sake bottle) stand
feeling (much) obliged; being (very) grateful; feeling sorry (for troubling someone); feeling ashamed (e.g. of an error); (arch.) shrinking back in fear
imagination; supposition; virtual; potential (enemy)
have to (do, be); must (do, be); is indispensable; is absolutely necessary
professor; teaching; instruction
explanation; excuse; clarification; vindication; apology
to open one's eyes wide (in astonishment, wonder, etc.); to be wide-eyed; to be amazed
(and) then; and; thereupon; in that case; then; so
crane (any bird of the family Gruidae, esp. the red-crowned crane, Grus japonensis)
your honored father; your honoured father
feudal warrior; samurai; old soldier; veteran; old hand