polite; courteous; careful; close; overly courteous; overly careful
(being in) the red; deficit; red letter; red writing; corrections (by a teacher or proofreader) written in red
plan; project; schedule; scheme; program; programme
engaging in (work); pursuing (e.g. studies); following (a profession); being involved in
to come off; to be removed; to disappear (of pain, a fever, etc.); to be caught; to be harvested; to be interpreted (as); to be taken (as)
one thin flat object; one sheet
notes; comment; remark; annotation
many; a lot; much; multitude
fortune-telling; divination
death; decease; (arch.) death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation); (an) out
to be affected; to be influenced; to be concerned with; to have to do with; to stick to (opinions)
to deal with (a person); to treat; to deal with (a problem); to handle; to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to deal in
corruption; immorality; lapse from virtue; fall from virtue
nature; property; disposition
taboo; day, time, direction, words, etc. that must be avoided; contraindication
often; again and again; frequently; repeatedly
dispute; strife; quarrel; dissension; conflict; rivalry
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)
every place; various places
moving from place to place; being passed around repeatedly; rolling about
living in peace; living a quiet life; being content with one's present position; being satisfied with one's lot
Tokyo Metropolis (prefecture); Tokyo metropolitan area
lack of relation (to); independence (of)
original; unique; distinctive; independent; one's own; personal
to make progress; to develop; to evolve (method, style, etc.)
spell; charm; incantation; magic word
to begin drawing; to begin painting
use; exercise (of one's right, authority, power, etc.)
exceedingly; extremely; decisively
combat; battle; action; active service; actual fighting
creed; belief; conviction; article of faith
to compete; to contest; to quarrel; to argue; to deny (e.g. evidence)
sense of values; values; value system
just; justifiable; right; due; proper; equitable
to be descended from; to be drawn from (the tradition of); to be derived from; to follow the school (tradition) of