side entrance; tradesman's entrance; service entrance; staff entrance
a little difficult; slightly hard; not feasible; not possible
first class; first rank; one degree; one level; most; best
(arch.) inspector (third highest of the four administrative ranks of the ritsuryō system); old man; white ash (of charcoal)
person sought by the police; wanted person; fugitive from justice
open; public; overt; free; unreserved; uninhibited
notice or order handed down from above; announcement; notification; Edo-period proclamation issued by the shogunate (or a daimyo, etc.) to the concerned parties
prize money; monetary award; reward
person with a bounty on their head
friendship; friendly relations; connection; relation; intimacy
mobilization; mobilisation
adoption or rejection; selection; choice; option
to jump on someone's (verbal) mistake; to trip someone up; to find fault with something someone says
penal servitude; imprisonment with hard labor (hard labour)
to negotiate; to settle a matter; to arrange
able; capable; competent; able person; person of ability
skilled; skillful; skilful; competent; capable; good
sputtering; smoldering; repeated thrusting into something (sword, needle, etc.); pricking repeatedly
to cook (esp. grains such as rice, by boiling); to finish cooking
to think; to use one's head; to exercise one's brains
to burst into flames; to fire (of a gun); to fan a fire with one's breath; to breathe fire; to spit fire
quick on the uptake; quick to catch on; perceptive; intuitive
brat; kid; urchin; preta; hungry ghost
to begin making a sound (ringing, singing, crying, etc.)
to eat; to become eclipsed (of an astronomical object)
poisonous substance; toxic substance; poison
to violate the law; to have a brush with the law; to have a run-in with the law
acting as agent; acting on (someone's) behalf; executing business for
repose of a soul; ceremony for the repose of a departed soul
to make the sign of the cross; to bless oneself; to cross oneself
kombu (usu. Saccharina japonica); konbu; kelp; any edible species from the family Laminariaceae
preserved food boiled in sweetened soy sauce
chunk; lump; thick slice; cutting into chunks
cod roe (roe of any fish from family Gadidae, esp. salted walleye pollack roe)