to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
project; enterprise; business; (arch.) act; (arch.) deed; (arch.) conduct
approval; agreement; support; favour; favor
company; association; regional Chinese god of the earth (or a village built in its honour); counter for companies, shrines, etc.
organization; organisation; structure; construction; system (e.g. railroad, transport, party, etc.); tissue; texture (of a rock)
to provide with funds; to fund; to advance some capital; to furnish with funds
company; lot; bunch; troupe; company (of musicians)
depending on; dependent on
farmland; rice field or paddy
partition; division; separation; segmenting; splitting
reformation; revolution; renewal; Meiji Restoration
exhaustion; fatigue; impoverishment; (financial) exhaustion; ruin
Tōhoku region (northernmost six prefectures of Honshu); Tohoku region
here and there; all around; everywhere; to get things in the wrong order (back to front); to become muddled up
to move (house); to transfer (department); to change the target of interest or concern; to elapse (passage of time); to be permeated by a colour or scent; to be infected
having; holding; wear; durability; charge; expense
few; a little; scarce; insufficient; seldom
change; alteration; difference; distinction; something wrong; abnormality
to lose heart; to lose interest; to lose motivation; to become stale (i.e. of a carbonated beverage); to go flat; to lose flavor
the head; the foremost; beginning; the very front
to float; to be suspended; to rise to the surface; to appear; to come to mind; to have inspiration
thinking; thought; idea; notion; intention; plan
to keep within limits (e.g. spending); to restrain (e.g. emotions); to control; to hold back (e.g. an enemy); to check; to curb
ninth day of the month; nine days
declaration of war; proclamation of war
official announcement; proclamation
collar; lapel; neckband; nape of the neck; scruff of the neck
to be absent; to take a day off; to rest; to have a break; to go to bed; to (lie down to) sleep
quick; fast; rapid; swift; prompt; streamlined
occupying; having (an area) all to oneself; military occupation; possession; capture