black person; (arch.) woman in the nightlife business; (arch.) demimondaine; (arch.) geisha and prostitutes
flattery; cajolery; flirtation
wisdom; jnana (higher knowledge)
element (esp. component in electronics); elemental device; device; data; datum
wife; your wife; his wife; married lady; madam
some time ago; recently; lately; last (Sunday, etc.); previous
to set aside; to keep in reserve; to hold on to
to dispatch (someone); to send; to make go fast (a car, horse, etc.); to drive; to move quickly (one's pen, eyes, etc.); to run (one's eyes over something)
achievement; feat; meritorious deed; distinguished service
elegant; refined; polished; high-quality goods; first-class article
desk made in China; Chinese style desk
to provide; to furnish; to equip; to install
counter for flat objects (e.g. sheets of paper); (arch.) counter for positions or roles; (arch.) counter for food portions (now only gyōza and soba); counter for ranking level
uncle; old man; mister; manybar goatfish (Parupeneus multifasciatus)
to distribute; to hand out; to deliver; to allot; to allocate; to place (staff, soldiers, etc.)
congratulations!; well done!; best wishes!; all the best!
elder brother's wife; sister-in-law
elegance; taste; refinement
-ian (e.g. Italian); -ite (e.g. Tokyoite); -er (e.g. performer, etc.); person working with ...; man; person
song; singing; classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka); modern poetry
et cetera; etc.; and the like; and so forth
as if (something untrue were actually true); like hell (e.g. "like hell I will")
to hardly recognise; to mistake for something or somebody else
light; faint; pale; fleeting
to contain; to comprise; to hold in the mouth; to bear in mind; to understand; to express (emotion, etc.)
to interrupt; to interfere; to meddle; to intrude; to butt in; to poke one's nose into
this; our; the ... in question; right; justice; fairness
to be caught in; to be stuck in; to stop by; to drop in for a short visit; to get mixed up in (trouble); to get entangled in (a problem); to fall for (a trick)
ending; quitting; closing; ending before one had time to do something one wanted or intended to
to put distance between; to estrange
old-fashioned way of thinking; old-fashioned spirit; old-fashioned
eldest son (may be the only son); first-born son
to raise (to maturity); to bring up; to rear; to train; to educate
attaching the polite suffix "-san" to somebody's name
failing college entrance exams and retaking them a year later
too much; excessively; too