expert; learned person; doctor; PhD; instructor at the imperial court (ritsuryo period); pitch and length marks (to accompany a Buddhist liturgical chant, etc.)
confirmation; verification; validation; review; check; affirmation
fight; fighting spirit; fight!; do your best
several; a number of; quantity; amount; counting; figures; number
to attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry
to deliver; to forward; to send; to report; to notify; to file notice (to the authorities)
autograph; signature; sign; signal; indication
large bird; peng (in Chinese mythology, giant bird said to transform from a fish); fenghuang (Chinese phoenix)
wisdom; enlightenment; prajñā (one of the three divisions of the noble eightfold path); wisdom
abbreviation; omission; outline; gist; plan; strategy
handwriting; handwritten; hand-painted; hand-drawn
to spend time (on doing something)
shore; bank (of a body of water)
to launch; to shoot up; (of waves) to dash; to wash up (ashore); to finish (e.g. a theater run, sumo tournament); to close
letter; missive; note; mail
to entrust (someone) with; to leave (a matter) with someone; to have someone deliver (a message, parcel, etc.); to send (through someone); to use (something) to express (one's feelings, opinion, etc.); to express in the form of (something)
like that; that way; thus
various; varied; diverse; all sorts of
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)
plural; multiple; several
care; looking after; repair; (police) raid; crackdown
reserve; spare; note; memorandum; duplicate; copy
until something reaches the very limit; until the very last minute; up to the breaking point
adjustment; tweaking; improvement; modification; tinkering; minor alteration
busy; having no (free) time
to speak (of something); to be effective; to be powerful; to mean everything
even; (if) only; just; besides; on top of that
character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")
luggage; baggage; burden; payload (of a packet, cell, etc.)
as ... as one can; as ... as possible; as much as possible
concise; brief; succinct; compact (style)
expression; presentation; representation; notation
to touch; to feel; to touch (with); to experience; to come in contact with; to touch on (a subject); to allude to
ice; shaved ice (usually served with flavored simple syrup)
island; one's territory (e.g. of a sex worker, organized crime gang); one's turf
steep mountain; craggy mountain
green; greenery (esp. fresh verdure)
ground; earth; the solid earth; the (vast) land