to some extent; to a certain extent
cannot be helped; unavoidable
to advance (as of a baseball game); to repeat
favorable reception; good reputation; popularity
(arch.) like that; (arch.) as such; yeah; uh-huh
proper; appropriate; due; suitable
labour shortage; labor shortage; shortage of workers; shortage of hands
just then; at that time; right then; appropriate moment
single (i.e. unmarried) person; someone alone
in accordance with; following; roughly; about; Street; Avenue
Japanese writing paper (lined with a square grid, one square per character); manuscript paper
to trace (drawing); to follow; to imitate; to copy; to reproduce
itself; one's own body; oneself; originally; naturally
rigour; rigor; closeness; compactness; tightly knit
sweet-tasting; sweet; fragrant (smelling); sweet (music); lightly salted; light in salt; naive
naturally; in due course; by itself; of its own accord
quotation; citation; reference
to let (someone) play; to keep (someone) amused; to leave idle; to not make use of; to do; to do
lower reaches (of a river); bottom; lower part; lower half (of the body, esp. the privates); feces (faeces); end
fine weather (i.e. little or no clouds); fair weather; clear weather; clear sky; fair skies
degree (of something); greatness or smallness (of something); quantity; number; amount; size
peak; summit; ridge; back of a blade
brilliant; radiant; bright; sparkling
palanquin; litter; bier; portable shrine
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
to praise; to commend; to compliment; to speak well of; to speak highly of
to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
therefore; thus; well, then ...; that's right; indeed; (arch.) ... on earth?
form; shape; state; condition; letter; correspondence
bending; warping; flexibility; pliability
eighteenth day of the month; eighteen days
approach (to a castle gate); front of a structural member
eleven; 11; jack (playing card); Hodgson's hawk-cuckoo (Cuculus fugax); Horsfield's hawk cuckoo
warrior (esp. of military retainers of daimyos in the Edo period); samurai; (arch.) man in attendance (on a person of high standing); (arch.) retainer
rain shower in late autumn (fall) or early winter
sleeve (esp. of a kimono); pocket of sleeve; vicinity (esp. of a bridge); foot of a mountain; base of a mountain
ivy (esp. Boston ivy, Parthenocissus tricuspidata)
non-highway road; toll-free road; local road; road shadowed by trees, mountain, etc.
to arrive at (e.g. a decision); to reach (a stage); to lead to (a place); to get to; in the extreme case of; (arch.) to come
to paint; to plaster; to lacquer; to varnish; to spread; to smear
1000 ri; (a) long distance