circle; "correct"; "good"; *; _; period
mark; sign; symbol; emblem; badge; crest
entry (in a form, register, diary, etc.); filling in; filling out
to rub; to chafe; to wear out; to become worn; to lose one's innocence; to become sly
printing (text or symbols); typing; printed character; typed character; character carved onto a seal
continuing one's education into university
system; organization; organisation; imperial command; laws; regulation
junior college; vocationally oriented post-secondary institution offering two or three-year programs
area; region; district; locality
type of occupation; occupational category
clause; paragraph; argument; term (of an equation); (arch.) nape (of the neck)
faculty (of a university); school; college; department
medicine; the healing art; healing; doctor
tooth; teeth; tooth (of a comb, saw, etc.); cog; support (of a geta)
medicine; pharmaceuticals; efficacious chemical (gunpowder, pesticide, etc.); (pottery) glaze; (illegal) drug; narcotic
reason; principle; general principle (as opposed to individual concrete phenomenon); the underlying principles of the cosmos (in neo-Confucianism)
craftsman; artisan; craft; craftsmanship; plot; scheme
aquatic products; fisheries
quotient; business; merchant; second degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); Shang dynasty (of China; approx. 1600-1046 BCE); Yin dynasty
sentence; composition; text; the literary arts (as opposed to the military arts); academia; statement
law; act; method; mood; dharma; law
to pass; to elapse; to pass through; to go through; to experience; to go through
education; schooling; training; culture; cultivation; education
junior college; vocationally oriented post-secondary institution offering two or three-year programs
same; similar; (just) like; equal
preschool education; early childhood education
clothing and accessories; attire
medical treatment; medical care
cooking; food preparation
barbering; haircutting; hairdressing
public employee; government employee; public-sector worker; public servant; civil servant
Kagoshima Prefecture (Kyūshū)
Kansai (region comprising Kyoto, Osaka, Kobe and surrounding prefectures); Kansai (western half of Japan; during the feudal era)
the rest; the others; in addition (to that); besides that; and so forth; and the like
alternately; by turns; one after the other
multiplication table; times table
Shibuya, a special ward in Tokyo