what did you just say (to me)?; what's that?
female; woman; female sex; female lover; girlfriend; mistress
addition; supplement; appending; appendix
unprocessed; raw; unfinished
manufacturing; processing; treatment; machining
item; something that one "just has to have"
in itself; the thing itself; this itself; for its own sake; per se
to hide; to keep to oneself
heresy; evil ways; sorcery; black magic; netherworld; world outside the six realms where evil spirits roam
mediation; agency; carrying (germs, diseases, etc.); transmission; mediation
tool; means; ingredients (added to soup, rice, etc.); counter for sets of armor, utensils, furniture, etc.
raw materials; ingredients
beneficial; profitable; useful; helpful; instructive
amount sold; sales; proceeds; takings; turnover
considerably; fairly; quite
to die out; to peter out; to become extinct; to cease; to be stopped; to be discontinued
medicine; pharmaceuticals; efficacious chemical (gunpowder, pesticide, etc.); (pottery) glaze; (illegal) drug; narcotic
to carry around; to carry on one's person
to do ... incessantly; to do ... hard; (arch.) to happen repeatedly; (arch.) to happen over and over again
tool; implement; means; furniture
technology; engineering; technique; skill; art; craft
easy; simple; there's no way that ...
recipe; prescription (medical); how-to guide (e.g. crafts)
to be placed on; to be set on; to be piled on; to appear (in print); to be mentioned; to be recorded
in; on; at (place); as for; regarding
-ing and -ing (e.g. "coming and going"); doing such things as...; expresses a command; (arch.) to be; (arch.) indicates completion or continuation of an action
sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
mixing; compounding; dispensing (e.g. prescription)
(treasuring something by) never taking (it) off the premises
secret (recipe, medicine, etc.); mysteries (e.g. of an art)
book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter
free and easy; open-hearted; relaxed; not fussy; frank
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
literature; books (reference); document
to be mixed; to be blended with; to be combined; to associate with; to mingle with; to interest
to contain; to comprise; to hold in the mouth; to bear in mind; to understand; to express (emotion, etc.)
store interior; inside of a shop
grandfather (may be used after name as honorific); male senior-citizen (may be used after name as honorific)
grandfather; old man; kyogen mask used for the role of an old man
activity (esp. energetic); great efforts; conspicuous service; to flourish; to participate actively; to play an active role