every month; each month; monthly
breeding; raising; rearing; keeping
registration; accession; register; entry; record; subscription
to obligate; to make compulsory; to require; to mandate
birds and beasts; beast; brute; (dumb) animal
official announcement; proclamation
unfortunately; unluckily; regrettably
previous generation; former ages
anniversary of a person's death; monthly return of the date of someone's death
to announce; to tell; to sentence; to order
determined purpose; an incredibly short span of time (i.e. the time occupied by a single thought); a single repetition of a prayer (esp. in Jodo-shu)
mercy; compassion; clemency; rufous hawk-cuckoo; northern hawk-cuckoo
meeting face-to-face; seeing in person; facing (each other); opposing (traffic, etc.); confronting
to hug (someone) tight; to embrace; to give (someone) a tight hug; to cuddle
younger brother and sister
omission; failure; incompleteness; irregularity; mismanagement; misconduct
going price; general custom
base; basis; bedrock; platform
residence for low class samurai enrolled in one of the police forces (Edo period)
poor; needy; lacking (quantity and quality-wise); poor; scanty
a family; a household; (one's own) style; school; gang; (yakuza) family
to thrust down; to push off
to get used to; to grow accustomed to; to become skilled in; to become experienced at; to become tame; to become domesticated
daily employment; hiring by the day; day laborer; day labourer
a drop in the bucket; a drop in the ocean; pointless exercise; waste of time; (something that is) too little, too late; (lit.) (pouring) water on a hot stone
basket clam (Corbiculidae spp.); freshwater clam; freshwater mussel
both countries; Ryōgoku (area of Tokyo)
sleeve (esp. of a kimono); pocket of sleeve; vicinity (esp. of a bridge); approach; foot of a mountain; base of a mountain
of bad character; ill-natured; nasty; vicious; wicked; malignant
coin of the smallest value; poorly-minted coin
poor (living); barely continuing; just scraping along; very narrow
to ration out and survive on (some food); to eke out a living
flesh; meat; flesh (of a fruit); pulp; the physical body (as opposed to the spirit); flesh; thickness
madness; craziness; insanity
senility; senile decay; infirmity (through age)