harmonious; peaceful; congenial; friendly; happy
manual labor; manual labour; toil; Labour Party
Pacific saury (Cololabis saira); mackerel pike
private; informal; among one's people (group, friends)
one meal; one meal (a day)
to hang; to suspend; to hang oneself; to hoist an opponent off of his feet by his loincloth; to turn upwards (as if being pulled); to be slanted (of eyes)
to cling to; to hold on to; to grapple; to set about doing; to begin; to take hold of
former; previous; old; first move (in go, shogi, etc.); opening move
traditional Japanese dance
water; liquid; fluid; moisture; humidity; sap
down to earth; reasonable
printing type; movable type; printed text; print
down to earth; reasonable; able to deal with
quality (of a product or a service)
grounding (in a skill or subject); knowledge; training; achievements; attainments; accomplishments
as it is bound to (happen); following the natural course; though possible as it may be
to run away; to escape safely
rubbish heap; garbage dump
to throw oneself (into an activity)
people (of a country); nation; citizen; national
to inform; to notify; to know; to reign
by all rights; legally speaking; properly speaking
handbook; instruction book; manual
book lover; lover of books; bibliophilism; love of books
anti-; antithesis; fanqie; traditional Chinese spelling system in which two characters are used: the first one for the onset, the second one for rhyme and tone
Shikoku (smallest of the four main islands of Japan)
to write down; to note; to jot down; to remember
heavy labor; heavy labour; hard work; hard labor (in prison); hard labour
to plan; to form a plan; to scheme; to envision; to intend to do
to put into written form; to communicate or express by writing; to chronicle
to sniff out; to get wind of