accompanying note or letter; postscript
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
study; library; den; home office; reading room
to write (e.g. a letter); to draw up (a document); to take down (e.g. notes); to have (lunch, dinner, etc.); to eat
special duty; being in sole charge of a duty; senior managing director; executive director
to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)
to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.); to take (a measure, course of action, etc.); to pick (e.g. flowers); to gather (e.g. mushrooms); to extract (e.g. juice); to take (e.g. a sample); to assume (an attitude)
hot water; hot bath; hot spring; molten iron
pitch-black; jet-black; strongly tanned; deeply sunburnt; sooty; black with dirt
dirty smoke; soot and smoke
around-the-clock; (working) day and night
under (influence, control, conditions, etc. of); during (war, occupation, etc.)
(having a) haircut; hair-cutting; hair-dressing; messy hair; untied hair; unkempt hair
bath; bathing; bathhouse; public bath; room for drying lacquerware; base (wooden joint connecting the blade of a hoe, spade, etc., to the handle)
what with A and B; such things as A and B; A and B and so on; denotes uncertainty
promising; hopeful; full of promise
Western-style clothes (cf. traditional Japanese clothes)
pushing something out; extrusion; presence; appearance; run walked in; pushing one's opponent out by pressing one's hands up against them
(physical) form; shape; visage; (facial) features; form (as opposed to substance); manner (of action)
to change; to alter; to reform; to correct; to examine; to check
stock company; corporation; kabushiki kaisha; KK
appearance; presence; attendance; surrender (e.g. to the police); turning oneself in
control; management; supervision
miraculous; wonder-working; magical
drawing room; parlour; parlor; reception office
to let pass; to allow through; to transmit (e.g. light, sound, etc.); to conduct (electricity); to stick through (e.g. a hole); to force through (e.g. an opening); to connect (e.g. two places)
minute (unit of time); fun (one tenth of a monme, 5.787 grains)
to employ; to hire; to take on; to charter (a car, boat, etc.); to hire
splendid; fine; praiseworthy; creditable; legal; legitimate
introduction; presentation; referral; showcase (of a product)
some; any; please; anyway; anyhow
polite; courteous; civil; friendship; (sexual) intimacy
please sit down; please have a seat
true; real; genuine; proper; utter
half; 50%; 5 parts; 5%; equality; equal footing
to gaze (at); to stare intently (at); to look fixedly (at); to fascinate; to enchant; to possess
to fly; to soar; to jump; to leap; to spatter; to scatter; to hurry
this company; this firm; this shrine
government office; government agency; authorities
riddle; puzzle; enigma; enigmatic; mysterious
exhausting work; hard work; severe duty
youngster; boy; young Buddhist monk; young bonze; young shop-boy; errand boy
best; supreme; wonderful; highest; maximum; most