the six historical styles of writing kanji: large seal, small seal, clerical, triangular-swept clerical, running, and cursive
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
laboratory; seminar room; professor's office
certain; one; (arch.) I; (arch.) me
conglomerate; group of companies run as a single organization
means of making contact; intermediary; go-between; connections; influence; pull
prime field; figurine (used in modeling, dollmaking, etc.)
to impress; to move one's heart; to touch (a person's heart)
pot; jar; dice cup; depression; basin (e.g. of a waterfall); aim; what one wants
cooperation; collaboration
to raise; to rear; to train; to teach; to promote the growth of; to nurture
I'm afraid to say; I'm sorry to say; unfortunately
things on hand; things in stock; money on hand; money in one's wallet; on hand; in stock
popular use; circulation; to pass as; to pass for
cat (esp. the domestic cat, Felis catus); shamisen; geisha; wheelbarrow; clay bed-warmer; bottom; submissive partner of a homosexual relationship
to fall down; to fall over; to turn out; to play out; to abandon Christianity (and convert to Buddhism); to apostatize
to jump in; to leap in; to plunge into; to burst in; to barge in
falling down; tumbling; reversing; inverting; getting upset
turning over while sleeping in bed; betrayal; double-crossing
falling (down); tumbling (down); failure; failing; renouncing Christianity and converting to Buddhism (during the Edo period); apostasy
to be struck with terror; to be terrified; to be scared to death
confusion; complications; being gripped by strong feelings; fit (e.g. of anger); moment (e.g. of frustration)
tolerant; generous; lenient; broad-minded; magnanimous
to collect; to put (it all) together; to summarize; to aggregate; to bring to a conclusion; to finalize
bolero (dance); bolero (clothing); shrug
form; tense; adjective; i-adjective (in Japanese)
vivid; bright; brilliant; skillful; skilful; adept
red; crimson; red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange); Red (i.e. communist); red light (traffic); red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading); (in) the red
compilation (of a text); editing; volume (of a text); completed literary work