friendship; friendly relations; connection; relation; intimacy
diaper; nappy; (arch.) swaddling clothes; (arch.) loincloth
expectation; anticipation; purpose; intention; others' opinions of one; speculation
expectation; anticipation; purpose; intention; others' opinions of one; speculation
price increase; rise in price
to profit; to get; to have (bear, beget) a child; to have a stroke of luck
sneakily; secretly; stealthily; on the sly
to match (rhythm, speed, etc.); to join together; to unite; to face; to be opposite (someone); to compare; to check with
flame; blaze; flames (of intense emotion, e.g. love, jealousy, anger); passion
resentment; grudge; malice; matter for regret; regret
whole area; whole region; stretch (of land); tract; belt
famine; crop failure; chronic shortage (e.g. of water)
(tobacco) pipe with metal tipped stem; cheating on train fare by buying tickets covering only the first and last portions of the journey
to get tired of; to lose interest in; to be fed up with; to have enough
baton (of command); order; command; direction
bowing twice; worshipping again; Yours sincerely; Yours truly; Sincerely yours
Kyūshū (southernmost of the four main islands of Japan)
China; Chūgoku region (western part of Honshu comprising the prefectures of Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi, Tottori and Shimane); central part of a country; main region; province of the second lowest rank (ritsuryo system)
to be too large (of clothing); to be baggy; to be flabby; to lose firmness; to slosh about; to be overflowing (with liquid)
tide; current; sea water; opportunity; chance; thin soup of fish or shellfish boiled in seawater
to flow into; to pour into; to stream into
property; fortune; assets
closing part of a balance sheet; balance of accounts
to be buried; to be covered; to overflow; to be crowded; to be repaid (e.g. debt); to be replenished
plump; rotund; chubby; entirely; completely; wholly
to check; to stop; to keep back
the same rank; equality; apposition
plectrum; pick; drumstick for Japanese drums (e.g. taiko)
to raise one's hand; to surrender; to raise one's hand to someone (as a threat to strike); to become better (at something); to improve; to throw one's hat in the ring
one's own discretion (idea, responsibility)
whispering into a person's ear
uprising (esp. in Japan since middle ages, e.g. peasant uprising); revolt; insurrection; putsch; riot
one breath; chug!; drink!
live-in domestic service; live-in apprenticeship; public duty; public service
end; close; finish; end of play (in go)
to run (of liquid); to spread; to blur; to blot; to ooze; to well up (of tears, etc.)
just barely; only just; at the very limit; at the last moment
war; battle; campaign; (arch.) troops; (arch.) forces
to stimulate; to stir up; to arouse
unexpectedly; surprisingly; unexpected; unanticipated; unforeseen
to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)
800; eight hundred; multitude; large number