Ministry of Education, Science and Culture (1871-2001)
actually; really; truly; in practice; practically
rousing (courage, morale, etc.); encouragement; advocacy; promotion (of a belief); encouragement
sly; cunning; sneaky; miserly; mean; stingy
sphere; circle; range; category
rice gruel containing vegetables, fish, etc., and seasoned with miso or soy sauce
twenty-second day of the month; twenty-two days
old; former; the old; old things; old times; bygone days
celebration (of ceremony); solemnization (e.g. of a marriage); solemnisation
results; record; grades; marks
exhibiting; showing; putting on display; putting up for sale; entering (a work into a competition); submitting
orderliness; put in order; tidying up; arranging neatly
drawing; painting; picture
copy (of the real thing); copying; reproduction; tracing
with a slap; with a pop; without batting an eyelid; generously; cutesy suffix applied to names
plan; device; idea; design; contrivance; conception
to spell; to write; to compose; to bind (e.g. documents); to patch
work (e.g. book, film, composition, etc.); opus; performance; production
doctor; PhD; exposition; fair; exhibition
dazzlement; bewilderment; daze
dizziness; giddiness; vertigo
to see (a doctor, etc.); to consult (someone)
(not so) much; (not) very
suspension; stoppage; discontinuance; interruption
in order to do; for the purpose of doing
restlessly; aimlessly; to loiter; to drift; to be restless; to fuss
to drive a bargain; to beat down the price; to haggle
collision; crash; running into; conflict; quarrel; clashing
dawn; daybreak; event (e.g. "in the event of ..."); occasion; occurrence
unpolished rice; unmilled rice; brown rice
one shō (approx. 1.8 litres)
10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various
information; news; report; reward; retribution