to raise; to elevate; to do up (one's hair); to fly (a kite, etc.); to launch (fireworks, etc.); to land (a boat); to show someone (into a room)
last; final; closing; last train (bus, flight, etc.; of the day)
investigation; examination; inquiry; enquiry; survey
clue; lead; key; handhold; hold
steady; honest; sober; straightforward
both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold
anyway; anyhow; at any rate; in any case
the point of ...; the place where ...; a place called ...; places known as ...; I would say ...; ... is how I'd put it
earrings (for pierced ears); ear piercing; body piercing
century; hundred years; (fig.) a long time
sweet-tasting; sweet; fragrant (smelling); sweet (music); lightly salted; light in salt; naive
to cross over; to go across; to extend; to cover; to range
without permission; without notice
to be affected; to put on airs; to act like (something one isn't); to pretend to be
the vertical; height; front-to-back; length; north-to-south; vertical (relationship)
seems to be; appears to have; supposed to be
historical document; archives; old manuscript; pre-Meiji era document addressed to someone in particular
this way (of doing); this method; this sort (of thing); this type
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
to disappear into; to be lost in; to do something under the cover of (confusion, etc.); to be almost indistinguishable; to be confusingly similar; to be diverted from (negative emotions, etc.)
use; adoption; acceptance; appointment; employment; engagement
presence (impressive quality)
to hide; to conceal oneself
to stop up; to close up; to stand in the way; to obstruct; to occupy; to fill up
stiffening; rigidity; rigor; stiffness; ossification; petrification
to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to have a good command of (a language); to play proficiently (of a musical instrument); to work (a puppet); to pull the strings of a puppet
specialization; specialisation
instead; but (on the other hand)
vast; huge; immense; malva nut (Sterculia lychnophora)
to manufacture; to produce; to raise (crops); to invent; to dream up; to create
just you wait and see (as a threat)
sake cup; cup for alcoholic beverages; counter for cupfuls, bowlfuls, spoonfuls, etc.; counter for boats; counter for octopuses and squid; cup (in sports)
to shift one's attention to; to shift one's focus on
sink (e.g. in a kitchen); cruising (e.g. taxi); strolling (entertainer, musician, etc.); washing area (in a Japanese-style bath); back-washing service (in a public bath); floating (something on water)
slightly; lightly; thinly; faintly; dimly
ornament; decorative object; object placed in a tokonoma; figurehead; leader without real power
to borrow; to have a loan; to rent; to hire
registrant; subscriber; enrollee
deletion; elimination; erasure; striking out
to make merry; to be festive
way to use something; treatment; management (of help)