there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
slightly difficult; somewhat bothersome; troublesome; peevish; querulous
random-access memory; RAM
ceremony; matter; affair; with regard to; as for
best; supreme; wonderful; highest; maximum; most
(family) crest; coat of arms; pattern; figure; playing card suit (in karuta)
Mutsu (former province located in present-day Fukushima, Miyagi, Iwate, and Aomori prefectures)
ridgeline; lines of a mountain ridge
is something that; is that which
thereabouts; vicinity; that area; that situation; those circumstances
hit it off with (a person); find a kindred spirit in (a person); sympathy; mutual understanding
one's say; one's point; although; though
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
man of the world; man about town; dilettante; well-informed person
to be open (to traffic); to lead (to); to flow (of a liquid, current, etc.); to pass (through); to be conveyed (of an intention, meaning, etc.); to be understood (by); to be well versed (in)
to take someone's life; to kill someone
to pour drinks for each other; to drink together
lack; absence; shortage; deficiency; privation
that day; the very same day
Prussian blue; deep blue; dark blue; ultramarine
all directions; every direction; all sides; all quarters; everywhere
one or two; a couple; a few; first and second (place); the top two
bearing; heading; point of the compass
tide; current; sea water; thin soup of fish or shellfish boiled in sea water; dish of unboned whitefish boiled in salted water
stickiness; gumminess; sticky material; clay
moustache; mustache; whiskers (on a cat, etc.); feelers (on an insect, etc.); shadow (on a candlestick chart)
windless; calm; no-wind; quiet (state of affairs); peaceful; stable
operation (of a bus or train service); service; running; movement (of a heavenly body); motion; revolution
he; she; samurai's attendant (in a var. of origami); type of popular song accompanied by dance from the Edo period
mid-air; mid-heaven; zenith
order; observance; discipline; rules; law; regulations
diligent; earnest; attentive to detail; brisk (working, moving); frequent (e.g. checking)
villainous; rascally; knavish; (arch.) independent; (arch.) self-reliant
lawlessness; injustice; wrong; outrageous; lawless; disorderly
pursuer; pursuing party; posse
sign of a ship (e.g. through fog, silhouette, etc.); outline of a ship
no problem; all right; not an issue; unobjectionable
uneven temper; caprice; whim
dissatisfaction; discontent; displeasure; complaint; unhappiness
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to pronounce; to read (e.g. a kanji)
easy to see; easy to read; easy to understand; (arch.) easy to look at; (arch.) attractive
indolence; laziness; sloth; idleness