to build; to construct; to erect; to amass (e.g. fortune); to pile up
particularly; only; in the case of
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
to keep a house; to run a household
instability; insecurity; crankiness
nest; rookery; den; haunt; (spider's) web
cause; seed; variety; kind; counter for varieties
to care for someone; to look after someone
we; us; (arch.) I; (arch.) me; (arch.) you (referring to a group of one's equals or inferiors)
emperor-centered historiography (of Japan)
to become overgrown; to grow thick; to spread; to run rampant; to thrive
to copy; to imitate; to counterfeit; to forge
from long ago; from old times; from time immemorial
pasturing; letting (an animal) run loose; letting (someone) do as they please; leaving (something) to take its own course; letting (an issue) go unchecked
deed (esp. negative); act; action; one's doing
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
arrangements; plan; programme; program; preparations
to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
freely; frankly; without reserve
to make war (on); to wage war (against); to compete (against); to struggle (against adversities, etc.); to fight
to hang up; to end a telephone conversation
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
stock company; corporation; kabushiki kaisha; KK
one's company; company one works for; in-house; belonging to the company
synthesis; coordination; putting together; comprehensive
Edo (shogunate capital, now Tokyo); Yedo
closing years (period, days); last stage; end stage; terminal (e.g. cancer, disease, etc.); final
long-established shop; shop of long standing; old shop
to be collected; to be gathered (e.g. mushrooms, etc.); to be harvested; to be able to collect; to be able to mine
nori; laver; edible seaweed, usu. Porphyra yezoensis or P. tenera, usu. dried and pressed into sheets
person; -er; (arch.) expert; (arch.) geisha; (arch.) prostitute
tea (usu. green); tea break (at work); tea ceremony
to win fame; to be widely-known; to be well known; to make a name for oneself
Meiji era (1868.9.8-1912.7.30)
Taishō era (1912.7.30-1926.12.25); Taisho era
period; time; opportunity; chance; age; term (e.g. in office); session (e.g. of parliament)