to display one's real ability; to show one's real ability; to show one's stuff; to show oneself at one's best; to really shine; to come into one's own
weak; frail; delicate; tender; unskilled; weak (wine)
miserable; wretched; unhappy; sad; pitiable
tool; means; ingredients (added to soup, rice, etc.); counter for sets of armor, utensils, furniture, etc.
other people's affairs; someone else's problem
to get between; to be caught in
I feel that ...; I feel as though ...; I have a feeling that ...; I have the impression that ...; I think that ...
society; public; community; social studies
guidance; leadership; instruction; shido (minor penalty in judo)
(social) class; rank; grade
to keep; to preserve; to hold; to last; to endure; to keep well (food)
two classes; double; two sets
good fortune (esp. omikuji fortune-telling result); good luck; auspiciousness; unspecified day of the month (used to obscure the date a letter, invitation, etc. was written)
original; primitive; primary; fundamental; proto-
willow (any tree of genus Salix); weeping willow (Salix babylonica)
shipping agent; boathouse; inn for sailors
several; a few; number; quantity; counting; calculation; number
counter for (small) boats
ship; boat; tank; tub; counter for boat-shaped containers (e.g. of sashimi)
valley; ravine; gorge; canyon
bank; embankment; dike; reservoir; pond
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
chief financial official (Edo period); commissioner of finance; chief treasurer; chief accountant in a daimyo's service (Muromachi period)
master; teacher; stable master
to be prosperous; to prosper; to flourish; to enjoy great prosperity
artists' world; painting circles
popular person; favorite; favourite
high-class Edo-period pleasure house (where outside prostitutes were hired to entertained guests)
first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
famous geisha; talented geisha; beautiful geisha
pride of place; most prominent; top-ranking
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
horizontal (as opposed to vertical); side-to-side (as opposed to front-to-back); width; side (of a box, etc.); beside; aside