exactly; precisely; just; just (like); as if; as though
kitchen knife; (arch.) cooking; (arch.) food
just right (time, size, length, etc.)
nth district of a town; nth city block
counter for leaves in a book (esp. one with traditional Japanese-style binding); counter for blocks of tofu; counter for servings in a restaurant; even number; chō (unit of length, approx. 109.09 m)
one leaf (of a book bound in Japanese style); one block of tofu; one serving (in a restaurant); one long and narrow thing (e.g. a gun, scissors, spade, hoe, inkstick, palanquin, candle, jinrikisha, shamisen, oar); one chō (unit of distance, approx. 109.09 m); one game; one task
bystreet; side street; back street; alley; lane
long stretch; long haul; marathon; long scene (in a play); long act
adult; grown-up; person who has come of age; fully fledged; established; qualified
symbol; sign; (secret) price mark; secret language; code
(wearing only) a pair of underpants
carving knife; butcher's knife; cleaver; meat chopper
broad-bladed kitchen knife (for dressing fish); deba knife
order's up; one order ready; coming up; problem solved; one down; all done
skillful handling of a kitchen knife
with (the sound of) clashing swords; (arguing) fiercely; heatedly; vehemently
even and odd numbers (on dice); chō-han; gambling game in which two dice are thrown and players bet on whether the total is odd or even
winter daphne (Daphne odora)
all-purpose kitchen knife; santoku knife
both eloquent and skilled
clove (Syzygium aromaticum)
with a clang; with a bang; with a crash
counter for long and narrow things (e.g. guns, spades, hoes, oars, ink sticks, candles, abacuses, kitchen knives, scissors, shamisen, violins); counter for palanquins, rickshaws, and similar vehicles
(wearing) a loincloth alone; nothing but a loincloth
chō-han bakuchi; gambling game in which two dice are thrown and players bet on whether the total is odd or even
all-purpose kitchen knife
(light) scoring (in cooking)
incorrect collating; pages out of order
stone harvesting knife; stone knife
kitchen knife for sashimi
hatcho miso; dark miso variety produced in Aichi Prefecture
(sound of) hitting repeatedly; pummelling; clashing; clacking; clicking (e.g. of go stones)
single letter; single character
Japanese-style kitchen knife (esp. with single-beveled blade)
all-purpose kitchen knife
eloquence; cleverness in speaking
first and foremost; most important thing to do first; top priority; (lit.) plot 1, block 1
nakiri knife; vegetable knife
the most trying spot or period; the most difficult period
misbound book; incorrectly collated book; book with pages out of order
clove (Syzygium aromaticum)
chōgin (Edo-period silver coin shaped like a sea cucumber)
eloquent and skilled (worker)
body drop throw (sweeping the opponent's legs and throwing them forward)
rectangular-shaped thin-bladed knife (esp. used for vegetables)
roadside stone distance indicators placed at intervals of one chō (approx. 109 meters)
Western-style kitchen knife (esp. with double-beveled blade)
both eloquent and skilled
one's only good clothes (suit, dress, etc.); one's only suit of clothes; one's best clothes; one's Sunday best
man between 61 and 65 (ritsuryō system)
eight (in mekuri karuta); (arch.) third-rank prostitute in the Kyoto red-light districts
collation of sections (bookbinding); gathering
Chinese chef's knife (resembles a cleaver)
just-noticeable difference; JND
paging; pagination; numbering
two sickles used in Okinawan Kobudo
number of leaves (in a book, esp. one with traditional Japanese-style binding); number of sheets; even number
old and lightly handicapped men (ritsuryō system)
signature; print signature
towns and villages (official urban area classification)
quire (bookbinding); gathering; section; signature
snowrose (Serissa japonica); tree of a thousand stars; Japanese boxthorn
clove cherry (Prunus apetala)
men 17-20 years, subject to a quarter of the obligations of older men (ritsuryō system)
men pressed into forced labor (ritsuryō system); palanquin bearer (Edo period)
young man of conscription age who has not yet undergone military training; man with no title and no rank (under the ritsuryō system); commoner; servant dressed in a white uniform who carries objects for his master