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
massage (esp. anma, a traditional form of Japanese massage); masseur; masseuse; (arch.) blind person
companion; fellow; group; company; member of the same category (family, class)
to be added to; to be appended; to join in (e.g. a group of friends); to participate; to increase (e.g. heat); to gain in (e.g. influence)
even more; still more; further
to scheme; to plan; to play a trick; to invent; to conspire; to frame up
room; wife (of someone of high rank); scabbard; Chinese "Encampment" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
irrespective (e.g. of age); without discrimination; without distinction
unusual; unconventional; mold-breaking; outside the box
Suō (former province located in the southeast of present-day Yamaguchi Prefecture)
in its entirety; whole; wholly
common foot soldier (feudal Japan); samurai of the lowest rank
even a little; any at all; if only a little; no matter how little
wisdom; wit; sagacity; prajna (insight leading to enlightenment)
distinction; difference; separate; different; exception; exclusion
to become keen on; to get passionate about
drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other
easy; simple; there's no way that ...
seedling; young plant; rice seedling
to grow; to grow up; to be good at; to excel in
widow; divorced woman not remarried; unmarried woman
means of making contact; intermediary; go-between; connections; influence; pull
notification; official notice; directive (e.g. from higher to lower levels of the administration); being well versed (in); being proficient (in)
by all means; at all costs; absolutely
unique; matchless; unparalleled; unparallelled; never again
where ... is concerned; when it becomes; if it becomes
revival; restoration; resuscitation
one's business; reading of scriptures before a (statue of) Buddha; bargain; discount; (arch.) money paid to a prostitute or geisha
to overlook (a mistake, fault, etc.); to tolerate; to let pass; to give someone a break; to let someone off lightly; to be lenient
to cut into (a conversation); to interject
leaving a decision to someone else (often of a meal to be selected by the chef); omakase
puffer fish; blow fish; fugu; globefish; swellfish
poison; toxicant; harm; evil influence; ill will; spite
many; numerous; large amount of; large quantity of; frequent; common
as was expected; just as one thought; sure enough; really; actually; ever
prohibition; ban; embargo