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)
subordinate; secondary; junior; incidental
(sudden) change; reversal; turn-around; coming from behind (baseball)
distinctive of; characteristic of; uniquely applying to; but; except; without
culture; civilization; civilisation; Bunka era (1804.2.11-1818.4.22)
hard to say; inexpressible; hesitant to say; embarrassing; delicate
liked; well-liked; in love (with); loved; faddism; eccentricity
to eat; to drink; to receive (e.g. a blow); to be on the receiving end (of something undesirable); to undergo (trouble)
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
to convey; to report; to transmit; to communicate; to tell; to impart
the person concerned; the person in question; the said person
together; jointly; at the same time; with; both
to come to like; to become fond of; to fall in love
to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at
hurriedly; in a hurry; in haste; (arch.) sudden
cooperation; collaboration
consent; approval; acceptance; agreement; compliance
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
to leave alone; to leave as is; to ignore; to neglect
study; diligence; discount; reduction
learning about the world; preparation for life in the community; work experience
equation; formula; ceremony; style; (arch.) enforcement regulations (of the ritsuryo)
common; shared; to be common (to); to be shared (by); -wide
in short; the point is; the important thing is; in a word; basically
sense of rhythm; rhythmical sense
sign of life; human presence; humanity; humaneness
to die out; to peter out; to become extinct; to cease; to be stopped; to be discontinued
to be solved; to be resolved; to loosen; to come untied; to be removed (of restrictions); to be lifted (e.g. a ban)
to trample down; to tread on; to ignore; to spurn
(in) her way; peculiar to her
ceremony; rite; ritual; service
to blow against; to spray (paint, etc.) (onto a surface)
indolence; laziness; sloth
the same as it was long ago; unchanged; traditional
ground; earth; the solid earth; the (vast) land
making a round trip; going and returning; round-trip ticket; return ticket; correspondence; exchanging (letters)
at present; currently; so far; for now; for the time being
to become familiar with; to fit in; to adapt oneself; to get used to; to grow accustomed to
20 years old; (arch.) twenty
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
exactly; nicely; to a tee; to be fitting
to think out; to devise; to invent; to begin to think; to come up with a plan
to change places; to relieve one another; to replace someone