somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
transport; transportation; conveyance; carriage
twelfth month (esp. of the lunar calendar); December
spring; springtime; New Year; prime (of life); height (of one's prosperity); adolescence
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
my; one's own; personal; privately owned
irresponsible; perfunctory; lukewarm; half-baked; reasonable; moderate
how long; how much; to what extent
waste (of money, time, etc.); squandering; frittering away
unclear; obscure; unknown; unidentified; ignorance; lack of wisdom
slander; bad-mouthing; abuse; insult; speaking ill (of)
contriving (to raise funds, to find time, etc.); working out (a solution)
Anna era (968.8.13-970.3.25); Anwa era
party; group; crew; company (of troops); corps; unit
head; chief; merit; strong point; superiority; major
what's the matter?; what's wrong?; what happened (to) ...?; what have you done (with) ...?; where is ...?
Saturday; earth; dirt; land; lands; earth (third of the five elements)
of course; certainly; naturally
company; lot; bunch; troupe; company (of musicians)
valuation; appraisal; evaluation; appreciation; recognition; acknowledgement
to change; to alter; to reform; to correct; to examine; to check
plotting (of maps); mapping; compilation
if it is not ...; if it does not ...
not a chance; not likely; oh no; yuck; fault; defect
majority decision; majority vote; majority rule
to crown; to cap; to prefix with; to start with; to begin with
normally being cold but at some prompt suddenly becoming lovestruck; hot-cold personality type
putting that aside; that said; apart from that; anyway; be that as it may
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
precise; accurate; appropriate; exactly the right
point in question (at issue)
drawing; painting; picture
to flip-flop; to do an about-face; (lit.) to flip over one's hand; to do something easy
one o'clock; once; at one time; for a time; for a while; a time
container; receptacle; case; inserting; putting in
munching; crunching; scratching (an itch)
to be greedy; to devour greedily