to concentrate; to devote; to apply; to strain; to rack
expensive; high-priced; high (level); above average (in degree, quality, etc.); loud; high-pitched
substitution; material; price; margin (e.g. for stapling, etc.); area required for something; (arch.) shiro (unit of land area equal to one-fiftieth of a tan; approx. 19.83 m.sq.)
collection (e.g. of a debt); dunning; selection (for a position); exceptional promotion; fresh; freshly picked
psychiatrist; mental specialist; alienist
swindler; fraudster; trickster; con man
monkey (esp. the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata); ape; sly person; idiot; hick; sliding wooden bolt (for holding a door or window shut); clasp used to control the height of a pot-hook
to be profitable; to yield a profit
great antiquity; old-fashioned; long ago
mental illness; emotional disorder
what's what; heads or tails
construction of a house (divination term); form of a house
direction; way; point of the compass; cardinal direction; method; means
The End; Finis; completion; conclusion; providing fully
hindrance; obstacle; harm; bad effect; sickness
prayer; grace (at meals); exorcism
ban (e.g. on smoking); prohibition
disagreeable; detestable; unpleasant; reluctant
water offered to God; water drunk before an altar to symbolize the making of a vow; miracle-working water; water which gathers in the nodes of bamboo after falling as rain at noon on the 5th day of the 5th month (lunar calendar), thought to be effective when used in medicines
hybrid mulberry tree used to make Japanese paper (Broussonetia kazinoki x papyrifera)
to finish; to get it over with; to settle; to pay back; to get along (without something); to make do with (without)
completely; entirely; nonchalantly; as if nothing happened
to become better; to improve
after (a long process); at the end of; last line (of a renga)
physiology; menstruation; one's period; menses
bacterium; bacteria; germ
otolaryngology; ear, nose, and throat department
orthopedics; plastic surgery; cosmetic surgery; smoothing (bursty traffic, etc.); shaping; fairing
water (esp. cool, fresh water, e.g. drinking water); fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid; flood; floodwaters; water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout
to let leak; to let out (e.g. light); to let out (a secret); to leak (information); to give utterance to (e.g. one's dissatisfaction); to vent; to wet one's pants
every day; daily; day after day; days (e.g. good old days)
to shine out far and wide
much; remarkably; not at all (with neg. verb); quickly and vigorously; unhesitatingly
to move (house); to transfer (department); to change the target of interest or concern; to elapse (passage of time); to be permeated by a colour or scent; to be infected
to show respect for; to revere; to honour; to honor; to worship; to hold in esteem