methodical; precise; meticulous; wooden post that has been carved to have a rounded corner with grooves running along either side of it
plane; sharpen; whittle; pare; shave (leather); scrape off
to weigh on one's mind; to trouble one's heart; to be concerned about; to worry about
tradition; legend; folklore
-ical; -ive; -like; -ish; (something) like; along the lines of
domination; rule; direction; management; control (e.g. over one's emotions); determining (e.g. one's fate)
to use; to make use of; to utilize; to utilise
ancestral; hereditary; generation after generation; passing from father to son
habit; (social) custom; practice; convention
yours sincerely; respectfully yours
in order to; for the purpose of; must; should
narrow; confined; small; limited; narrow-minded; confining
overly polite; excessively polite; polite to a fault
to cover a surface; to spread all over; to blanket; to lay
dainty; delicate (e.g. fingers); fine; sensitive; delicate (feelings, sense, etc.); subtle
Edo (shogunate capital, now Tokyo); Yedo
equation; formula; ceremony; style; (arch.) enforcement regulations (of the ritsuryo)
flowers budding; blooming; flowering; showing results; becoming popular; blooming
to be raised (e.g. child); to be brought up; to grow (up)
decisive; resolute; drastic
association (of ideas); being reminded (of something); suggestion
(rubbing, twisting) hard; with a squeal; with a creak; (drinking) in one sweep
long epic song with shamisen accompaniment (developed in Edo in the early 17th century)
rich in ...; high in ...; full of ...; very ...; quite ...
accent (on a syllable, word); stress; intonation; inflection; (language) accent (e.g. American, British); accent (e.g. in a design)
contact; touch; tactile object; uncleanliness
rate; ratio; profit; assignment; 10%; unit of ten percent; match
to sprinkle over (e.g. salt, pepper, etc. on food)
food packed in nest of lacquered boxes
warehouse; storehouse; cellar; magazine; granary; godown
ready-made; common-law (wife)
(family) crest; coat of arms; pattern; figure
form; tense; adjective; i-adjective (in Japanese)
formulaic; stereotyped; hackneyed
some; several; many; how many; how much; very
notice of personnel change (appointment, dismissal, etc.); wording; choice of language; phraseology
to practice; to practise; to train; to drill; to become practiced; to become practised