consistency; coherence; one kan (approx. 3.75 kg, 8.3 lb); one piece of sushi
essence and fringe; beginning and ending; root and branch; means and end
pitch; tone; time; tempo; mood; tendency
at the same time; concurrently; simultaneously; coinciding (with)
spoken language; colloquial speech; (modern) spoken Japanese; written style based on (modern) spoken Japanese
old people; seniors; elders; old-timer
heredity; (genetic) inheritance
state ceremony; laborious; troublesome; irksome
emptiness; hollowness; vacancy; inanity; pointlessness; meaninglessness
composition; piece of music; tune; melody; enjoyment; fun
reason; logic; method; system; order
people belonging to a hereditary occupation group (Yamato period)
to abolish; to abandon; to repeal; to dethrone; to depose
Satori; folklore monster that can read minds
attachment; adhesion; tenacity; fixation; obsession
to give one's name (as); to introduce oneself (as); to claim to be; to call oneself; to reveal oneself (as); to admit to being
evasion; avoidance; shirking; recusation (of a judge); taking exception (to a judge); challenge
prefecture (Japan); county (China, Taiwan, Norway, etc.); department (France); province (Italy, Spain, etc.)
territory (of country, feudal domain, etc.); (arch.) counter for suits of clothing, sets of armor, etc.
particularly; only; in the case of
powerful family; powerful clan
people; citizens; subjects; folk
such; like that; that sort of; very
one country; whole country; hotheaded; stubborn
dozens; scores of; decades
so; like this; in this way
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
economy; economics; finance; (one's) finances; being economical; economy
to be tied together; to be connected to; to lead to; to be related to; to be related (by blood)
to take a turn for the worse (of an illness); to take a serious turn
there is no need to ...; never happens; there is never a time when
to continue; to last; to continue (without a break); to be unbroken; to occur again and again; to lead to; to connect to
Naniwa (former name for Osaka region)
emperor (of Japan); mikado
political measures; policy
to return (something); to restore; to turn over; to turn upside down; to pay back; to retaliate; to respond (with)
almost; roughly; approximately
to be renewed; to change; to be improved; to be reformed; to stand on ceremony; to be formal
to release; to let go; to free; to add (pieces of eggplant, potato, etc.) to water, broth, etc.