hereditary occupational group (Yamato period)
professor; teaching; instruction
noisy; loud; annoying; troublesome; fussy; finicky
to skip over (while reading); to skim
fault; defect; minor; 5-point card; short
poetry party; tanka competition; gathering of tanka poets
class; order; et cetera; etc.; equal; iso-
occurring in succession; doing in succession; firing in rapid succession; volley of shots; volley (of questions, abuse, etc.); stream
without a break; without stopping; incessantly; ceaselessly
going to work; leaving for work; attendance (at work); being at work; presence (in the office); reporting for work
profit; advantage; benefit; rebirth in paradise, entering nirvana
to visit someone; to call on
thanks; gratitude; manners; etiquette; bow (i.e. bending of the body); bowing; reward
don't get me wrong, but ...; I'm sorry
your visit; your presence
joint; knuckle; tune; melody; node (of a plant stem); joint
to offer; to present; to serve (food and drink); to offer (to the gods); to set up (before an altar)
knowledge (of a skill, art, etc.); proficiency; essentials; know-how; preparedness; readiness
honorific affix; honorific prefix
(Internet) troll; nerd; freak; addict; fag
I'm home!; I'm back!; now; at present; just now; a moment ago
-clad; in the midst of; tenths (e.g. wholesale price, as tenths of retail price); times (i.e. multiplied by); able-to-seat (of a chair, etc.)
lodger who pays nothing for room and board; freeloader; sponger
to be offended; to get angry; to be stuffy; to be stifling; firmly (shutting one's mouth)
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
very difficult to ...; nearly impossible to ...
because of; on account of; about; on; per; for every
peafowl (incl. the male peacock, female peahen, and young peachick)
tongue; tongue-like object; clapper (of a bell); talon (of a lock)
to try to have it both ways; to play a double game; to have two strings to one's bow
little finger; pinky; fourth (occ. fifth) finger; little toe
to satisfy (conditions, one's appetite, etc.); to meet (e.g. demands); to fulfill; to fill (e.g. a cup); to pack; to supply
by all means; at all costs; absolutely
counter for birds or rabbits
a particular; a certain; that kind of; such a