point; tip; head (of a line); front; first; before; (the way) ahead
charge; cost; generation; age; era; a representative of; on behalf of
appointing someone to a position of trust; entrusting someone with an important position; making much of
(arch.) retainer; (arch.) attendant; (arch.) Omi (hereditary title; orig. one of the two highest such titles, later demoted to sixth highest of eight); I; me
periodic; regular; routine
to go by; to go past; to run (between; of a rail service, bus route, etc.); to operate (between); to go indoors; to go into a room; to penetrate
remainder; remnant; (not) very; (not) much; too much; excessively; extreme
quantity of heat (e.g. in calories, BTU, etc.); heat value; calorific value; (degree of) enthusiasm; zeal; passion
high; tall; expensive; high-priced; high (level); above average (in degree, quality, etc.)
next; following; subsequent; stage; station
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
maternal relative; relative on one's mother's side
to be caused by; to result from; to arise from; cause; origin
success in life; getting ahead; successful career; promotion; climbing the corporate ladder; eminence
to be greedy; to devour greedily
character (of a person); personality; disposition; characteristics; nature (of a thing, event, etc.)
to lose (through death; e.g. a wife, child)
illness; disease; bad habit; weakness; fault
again; once more; a second time
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
several; a few; number; quantity; counting; calculation; number
to rise (to a high position); to work one's way up; to push one's way up; to be promoted
previous generation (of a family); previous head of the family; predecessor; previous age; previous generation
very young; little; childish; immature
daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)
to hold out; to extend (e.g. a hand); to present; to submit; to sacrifice; to give (up)
unfortunately; sorry, but ...
stout; corpulent; plump; voluptuous
woman; female; feminine gender
liking; taste; fancy; wish; desire; choice
because; as; since; because of that; therefore; accordingly
to leave; to go away; to pass; to elapse; to be distant; to send away; to drive off
touching a wrong card (in karuta); buzzing too early (in a quiz); making a mistress of a servant; mistress (who is one's servant); foul (comp. karuta); touching a card which is not in the same territory as the correct card
one (esp. of two); the other; on the one hand; on the other hand; whereas; although
emperor (of Japan); mikado
big; large; loud; extensive; spacious; important
child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young woman; young (animal); offshoot
hometown; birthplace; native place; (arch.) ruins; (arch.) historic remains
to become moist; to be moistened; to profit (from); to benefit; to be refreshed (of one's mind); to be enriched (of one's heart)
to become thin; to lose weight; to slim; to become impoverished (of soil); to become sterile; to become infertile
(not) ever; (not) by any means; (not) in the least; (not) in any way; (not) at all