growth; breeding; growing up (in, as); upbringing
town; block; street; road; chō (unit of length, approx. 109.09 m); chō (unit of land area, approx. 0.99 hectares)
surname; family name; hereditary title (used in ancient Japan to denote rank and political standing)
art; craft; accomplishment; artistic skill; technique; performance
talent; gift; function; noh (theatre)
leaving a matter to chance
fleeting life; this transient world; sad world; world of grief and worry; the world of the living; this life
pity; sympathy; compassion; affection; love
service business (hotels, restaurants, etc.); service industry; hospitality industry
(possession of) one feudal domain and one castle; being independent (acting without compromise or assistance); establishing only one castle in each feudal domain (edict issued by the shogunate in 1615)
despite being a woman; woman as she is; (in a way that is) unbecoming to a woman; (in a way that is) uncharacteristic of a woman; in an unladylike way
(present) head of a family
warehouse; storehouse; cellar; magazine; granary; godown
anywhere; here and there; common; run-of-the-mill; ordinary
to work (someone) hard; to push (someone) around
milk; breast; loop; decorative bump (on a hanging bell)
good time to make a profit; most profitable season; peak time
to do for (someone); to take in; to deceive; to hoodwink
time; hour; season; suitable time; opportunity; chance
monjayaki; dish of pan-fried batter with various fillings
carefree; buoyant; lighthearted; ease
impressiveness; impact; force; intensity; presence; appeal
the sun; Sol; providence; heaven; god
prefix for forming ordinal numbers
regular; usual; favourite; favorite; preferred; accustomed
another day; some other day
what; how; what (a) ...!; how ...!; surprisingly; to my amazement
style of polite speech in Japanese (with sentences ending in "desu" and verbs ending in "masu")
gun; firearm; wooden pole that wrestlers strike in practice; puffer fish
all you want; as much as one wants
hey; hello; wow; oh; oomph; heave-ho
ripeness; mellowness; maturity
period; time; opportunity; chance; age; term (e.g. in office); session (e.g. of parliament)
final stage; final stretch; live printing area (in publishing); gallery (in a theatre); driving (animals, fish, etc.); herding
to disappear (of people or animals); to go (away); to leave; to no longer exist
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
groin; thigh; crotch; fork (in a tree, road, river, etc.); tines (of a fork)
to tear; to rip up; to cut up; to cleave; to forcibly separate (e.g. two lovers); to spare (time, money, etc.)
inexperienced person; incompetent person; ignoramus
hometown; birthplace; native place; (arch.) ruins; (arch.) historic remains
unable to do one's work; can't get anything done