origin; (arch.) appearance of an auspicious sign that one will receive a divine mandate to becoming emperor; (arch.) birth of an emperor or his ancestors
card (information, filing, etc.); card (greetings, congratulations, etc.); (Western) playing cards; credit card; debit card; card; program
diffusion; spread; popularization; promulgation; familiarization
picture; drawing; painting; image (TV, film, etc.); picture; footage
being very busy; busyness
anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; apart from ...; setting ... aside
friendship; (on) familiar terms; intimacy; kindness; goodwill
picture dealer; commercial art gallery
to leave; to depart; to take one's leave
lonely (e.g. person, feeling); lonesome; desolate; deserted; sad; lacking
to become quiet; to quiet down; to quieten down; to calm down; to die down; to subside
tumult; great noise; clatter; hustle and bustle
genius; prodigy; natural gift
to exercise one's talent; to display one's ability
again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and
chance; opportunity; occasion
farming implement; farm tools
to shift (something) from one hand to the other; to carry in a different way; to change one's grip (on); to exchange (what one is holding for something else)
(not) ever; (not) by any means; (not) in the least; (not) in any way; (not) at all
the front; honest; upright; decent
slump; crash; heavy fall; sudden decline
smelling of mud; smelling of earth; unrefined; unpolished; uncouth
to come near (to); to approach; to be on the verge of; to be about to reach (a stage, period, etc.); to overhang; to hang over
crown (of head); summit (of mountain); easy win for one; something received
rapid development; rapid unfolding
to be taken aback; to be astonished; to be dumbfounded
snatching; stealing; seizure; usurpation
to flicker; to glimmer; to flit; to fall lightly (snow, rain)
period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years); apprenticeship; indentureship; indenture
fashion; fad; vogue; prevalence (e.g. of a disease)
to kill; to slay; to suppress; to block; to suppress (a voice, feelings, etc.); to hold back
bearded face; unshaven face; hairy face
to exploit a gap (in attention, security, etc.); to catch off guard
to run away; to flee; to make off; to start to run away
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
habit (usu. a bad one); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
to hit (e.g. one's head); to strike; to throw (at); to fling (at); to vent (e.g. one's anger); to express (one's feelings)
to get moldy; to get mouldy; to get out-of-fashion