attractive; good-looking; stylish; cool; smooth; neat
both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold
unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate
once; one time; one round; one game; one bout; one heat
Nagoya harp; Taishō koto; Japanese harp with two to five strings
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
to stream; to flow (liquid, time, etc.); to be washed away; to be carried; to drift; to float (e.g. clouds); to sweep (e.g. rumour, fire)
here and there; little by little; sporadically; dots; spots
flow (of a fluid or gas); stream; flow (of people, things); passage (of time); course (of events); (step-by-step) procedure; group of people who remain together after the end of an event
face; honour; meld; lineup (of players participating in a mahjong game); attendees (e.g. at a meeting); members
reserve; constraint; declining; refraining; forethought; foresight
straight; quickly; quietly; gently; to feel refreshed; to feel satisfied
to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
academic background; academic credentials; academic record
first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
university; college; former central university of Kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
information technology; IT
foreign capital group; foreign company
corresponding to (in meaning, function, etc.); being equivalent to; appropriate; suitable; to be proportionate to; to be in keeping with
there; over there; genitals; private parts; that far; that much
to come; to go; to be (somewhere); to be (doing)
stairs; stairway; staircase
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
excuse me for disturbing (interrupting) you; greeting used when entering someone's home
holiness; sacredness; sanctity; dignity
dog (Canis (lupus) familiaris); squealer; rat; loser; asshole; counterfeit
signboard; sign; draw; attraction; reputation (of a shop); name
sending a manuscript to the printer; receiving a manuscript from the author
origin; source; history; originally; from the start; by nature
to be attached; to be connected with; to remain imprinted; to scar; to bear (fruit, interest, etc.); to be acquired (of a habit, ability, etc.); to increase (of strength, etc.)
primary school; elementary school; grade school
fox (esp. the red fox, Vulpes vulpes); fox (i.e. a sly person); soba or udon topped with deep-fried tofu; light brown; golden brown