point; tip; head (of a line); front; first; before; (the way) ahead
line (of text); row; carya (austerities); samskara (formations); semi-cursive style (of writing Chinese characters); running style
administration (of medicine)
you (people); gentlemen; ladies and gentlemen; my friends
important; momentous; essential; principal; major
duty; function; office; mission; task
now; the present time; just now; another; more
attendant; person who looks after one's needs; caretaker
situation; (present) state of affairs; circumstances
head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); proprietress; (arch.) entertaining someone as one's guest
I'm sorry; (it's) inexcusable; thank you very much (for help, etc.)
various; all sorts of; variety of; (arch.) various colors (colours)
making do; getting by (somehow); managing
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
man (esp. one who is well-respected); samurai; person (in a certain profession, esp. licensed); member
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...
New Year (esp. first three days); first month of the year; January
grand; luxurious; lavish; great; large; big (e.g. storm)
to celebrate; to congratulate; to present (a gift) in celebration; to drink in celebration; to wish for (a happy future, good fortune, etc.); to pray for
underground; below the ground; world of the dead; the grave; underground (activities, movement, etc.); secret
house (e.g. of Tokugawa); family
buried gold; buried treasure
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
discovery; detection; finding
koban; small oval gold coin used in the Edo period; oval; elliptical; small size (of paper)
this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me
I'm told; is what I heard; is how it is, apparently; is what they said
to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last
corresponding to (in meaning, function, etc.); being equivalent to; appropriate; suitable; to be proportionate to; to be in keeping with
amount of money; sum of money
treasure hunting; treasure hunt; lucky dip; game involving finding hidden prizes from a sand box, barrel of leaves, etc.
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
enjoyable; fun; pleasant; happy; delightful
that kind of; of the sort; of the kind; such
anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; apart from ...; setting ... aside
one part; one portion; one section; one copy (e.g. of a document)
memory; recollection; remembrance; storage
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
flame; blaze; flames (of intense emotion, e.g. love, jealousy, anger); passion
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
anything and everything; just about everything