training; drill; practice; discipline
restoration; rehabilitation; recovery; recovery (from an illness); recuperation; convalescence
function; facility; faculty; feature
counter for stories, episodes of TV series, etc.
prefix for forming ordinal numbers
flame; blaze; flames (of intense emotion, e.g. love, jealousy, anger); passion
doesn't amount to doing (something); not significant enough to require (something); unnecessary
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
to support; to prop; to sustain; to hold at bay; to stem; to check
for; for the sake of; to one's advantage; because of; as a result of
to let an opportunity slip
(present) head of a family
nth generation; nth (person to occupy a position, e.g. president)
sneakily; secretly; stealthily; on the sly
Taishō era (1912.7.30-1926.12.25); Taisho era
thinking; thought; idea; notion; intention; plan
scale; scope; plan; structure
millennium; one thousand years; (fig.) long time
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
state of affairs (around you); situation; circumstances
to seize; to catch; to obtain; to acquire; to understand; to grasp
clue; lead; key; handhold; hold
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not
no matter what it takes; by any means necessary; at all costs; by hook or by crook
expectation; anticipation; hope; promising; rising; up-and-coming
activity (esp. energetic); great efforts; conspicuous service; to flourish; to participate actively; to play an active role
heroism; loyalty and courage
small; little; slightly less than; just about; somewhat; somehow
dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding
going; travelling; act; action; bank; counter for banks; counter for groups or parties of people
squirrel's foot fern (Davallia mariesii); Lepisorus thunbergianus (species of fern); color of clothing layers under one's overcoat (light green on blue); ancient women's hairstyle; clothing patterned using squirrel's foot fern
apricot (Prunus armeniaca)
central black dot on a go board; Tengen era (978.11.29-983.4.15)
to be complete; to be all present; to be equal; to be uniform; to gather; to assemble
elite; best; pick; cream of the crop
swordsman; swordswoman; fencer
country in civil war; country disarrayed by war; Warring States period (Japan, China); competiton in which there are several evenly-matched participants; hotly-contested game (match, market, etc.)
one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of