periodic; regular; routine
fair exchange; equivalent exchange; exchange of equal value
appropriate; adequate; suitable; fitting; worthy
mouth; lips; shape of the mouth; near an entrance; vicinity of an entrance
existence; being; presence
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
to roll up; to enfold; to swallow up; to involve; to drag into
crisis; critical situation; emergency; pinch
single word; a few words; brief comment
to finish; to get it over with; to settle; to pay back; to get along (without something); to make do with (without)
to resemble; to look like; to be like; to be alike; to be similar; to take after
science; to think about scientifically; to think in terms of science
various; a variety of; all sorts of; many (different)
culture; civilization; civilisation; Bunka era (1804.2.11-1818.4.22)
to take in; to gather in; to adopt (e.g. an idea); to accept (e.g. advice); to harvest; to reap
changing completely; transformation
to occur to; to remind of; to come to mind
difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
proposal; proposition; suggestion
colour; color; complexion; skin colour; look (on one's face); expression; appearance
cover (of a book, magazine, etc.); binding; to appear on the cover of a magazine
photograph; photo; picture; moving picture; movie
to open one's eyes wide (in astonishment, wonder, etc.); to be wide-eyed; to be amazed
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
picture; drawing; painting; image (TV, film, etc.); picture; footage
head (of a household, etc.); leader; owner; proprietor; subject (of a rumour, etc.); doer (of a deed); guardian spirit (e.g. long-resident beast, usu. with mystical powers)
to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
arms; weapons (of war); armor; armour
sword (esp. Japanese single-edged); katana; scalpel; chisel; burin; knife money (knife-shaped commodity money used in ancient China)
brightness; brilliance; brilliancy; radiance; glitter
very interesting; of great interest
single edge (e.g. sword blade); single bevel (e.g. kitchen knife)
Japanese sword (usu. single-edged and curved); Japanese bladed weapon
to kill (a human) using a blade (sword, machete, knife, etc.); to slice (off); to lop (off); to cut (off)
specialization; specialisation
mainly; primarily; mostly; largely; chiefly
warrior (esp. of military retainers of daimyos in the Edo period); samurai; person with a strong backbone; person that does incredible things; person of considerable talent