source of one's livelihood; one's bread and butter
choices; alternatives; options
right; correct; proper; righteous; just
careful thought; consideration; deliberation; reflection; rumination; pondering
technology; engineering; technique; skill; art; craft
government service; entering government service; (of a ronin) finding a new lord or master to serve
meaning; significance; sense
character (of a person); personality; disposition; characteristics; nature (of a thing, event, etc.)
throughout; over a period of ...; over a span of ...
being lost for words; becoming speechless; jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables)
to be dented; to be indented; to be beaten; to be overwhelmed; to be disheartened; to feel down
settlement; solution; resolution
undesirable lover (boyfriend, girlfriend); passion; temper; irritability
one's say; one's point; complaint; grievance; objection
possible; likely; probable
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
noon; midday; daytime; lunch
please remember me; please help me; please treat me well; please do; please take care of
office (e.g. the Oval Office)
coming; going; being (somewhere); come; go; stay
first floor; ground floor; one floor; one storey; one rank
sparkle of one's eyes; insight; discernment; penetration
to tell (somebody) to (do something)
to give one's name (as); to introduce oneself (as); to claim to be; to call oneself; to reveal oneself (as); to admit to being
evaluation; criticism; commenting on; assessment; estimation
direct control; direct supervision
out of necessity; with no other option; perforce; unavoidably; reluctantly; unwillingly
class (e.g. school); grade; rank; kyū; kyu; junior rank in martial arts, go, shogi, etc.
national border; provincial border
suddenly; all of a sudden
the four cardinal directions; north, east, south and west; surroundings; many countries; the whole world; all around; here and there
box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building