grandfather (may be used after name as honorific); male senior-citizen (may be used after name as honorific)
bill; bill of sale; tab (for later payment); credit; contact move (in go); direct attack to an enemy stone; sound effect produced by striking with clappers a wooden board in kabuki
collection (e.g. of a debt); dunning; selection (for a position); exceptional promotion; fresh; freshly picked
in good health; healthy; skilled; proficient; master; expert
excuse me for disturbing (interrupting) you; greeting used when entering someone's home
furthermore; again; after all; more and more; moreover; even more
ivy (esp. Boston ivy, Parthenocissus tricuspidata)
luxuriant growth; rankness (of weeds)
plants and animals; flora and fauna
advance (into a new market or stage of progress); launching (a new career or venture); expanding (into a new market); stepping forward; emerging
duplication; to make redundant
(camera) shutter; shutter (for a door, window, etc.)
generation (e.g. power); sending a telegram; telegraphing
stockpile; reserves; storing; stocking up; laying in (supplies)
perpetual motion machine; perpetual motion engine; perpetuum mobile
law of thermodynamics; laws of thermodynamics
pressure difference; pressure differential
ground-breaking; revolutionary; unprecedented; epoch-making
to look on enviously while doing nothing; (lit.) to hold a finger in one's mouth
declaration of independence
various countries; various regions; various provinces
multinational; transnational
head; leader; top; (arch.) important part
information; (brief) notice; letting someone know; first report; initial report
merrymaking; high jinks; drunken revelry; spree
Chūgoku region (western part of Honshu comprising the prefectures of Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi, Tottori and Shimane)