handsome man; looker; good guy; great guy; influential person (esp. in the yakuza); sumo wrestler
to raise one's voice; to shout; to yell; to speak up (e.g. in protest); to speak one's mind
to be full; to wax (e.g. moon); to rise (e.g. tide); to mature; to expire
to help up; to pick up; to bring safely to land
one-by-one; separately; in detail
to swoop down; to glide down; to fly down; to land gently (on); to alight (on)
conical hat (East-Asian style); coolie hat; something shaped like a conical hat or an umbrella; shade (of a lamp); mushroom cap
continuous; continual; unceasing; incessant; without interruption
grain; bead; drop; counter for small round objects including grains, seeds, pills, drops
to surround; to encircle; to enclose; to fawn over (someone); to play up to; to curry favor with
to struggle; to writhe; to wriggle; to act frantically; to make desperate efforts
characteristic; like oneself; worthy of oneself
mountain range; mountain belt
unit (e.g. meters, grams, etc.); denomination; unit (i.e. one comprised of many); group; credit (in school, university, etc.); point
obtaining (a qualification, right, object, etc.); acquisition (of land, property, etc.); gaining possession (of); getting; purchase
major subject; special study
indigenous people; native people; aborigines
(Australian) Aborigine; Aboriginal Australian
research; study; investigation
Kagawa Nutrition University
assistant; helper; assistant (to a professor); research assistant
Kawamura Gakuen Woman's University
assistant professor; associate professor
-ical; -ive; -like; -ish; (something) like; along the lines of
point of view; viewpoint; angle; visual point (position of the eye in calculations of optical instruments)
(written) work; book; writings
children's literature; juvenile literature
person; -er; (arch.) expert; (arch.) geisha; (arch.) prostitute
association; society; organization; organisation
field; plain; hidden interior part (of a structure or object); wild (of an animal or plant)
literature; the arts; art and literature; liberal arts
(giving) birth; childbirth; native (of); product of; produced in; assets
warp (weaving); longitude; scripture; sutra; trans-
culture; civilization; civilisation; Bunka era (1804.2.11-1818.4.22)