comfort; ease; easy; simple; (economically) comfortable; raku pottery
and then; and so; and; so then
wide sense (e.g. of a word); broad sense
brain work; mental work; nonmanual labor
physical or manual labor; physical or manual labour
focal point; nodal point; node
Ministry of Education, Science and Culture (1871-2001)
knot; nodule; tubercule; node
speck; dot; point; only a little; particle; only one
fiscal year (usu. April 1 to March 31 in Japan); financial year; academic year; school year; product year
inspection (e.g. customs, factory); examination; scan (e.g. MRI, PET, etc.)
educational system; school system
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.)
reclamation (e.g. wasteland); cultivation; development; pioneering; opening up (e.g. new market); breaking new ground
educational administration
scholarship; scientific attainments
mixture; intermixture; mixing up; contamination; creation of unorthodox words or phrases by combining terms of similar form or meaning
shallow cunning; shallow cleverness
to memorize; to memorise; to learn; to pick up; to feel; to think
wanted; wished for; in need of; I want (you) to
able; capable; competent; talented; efficient
can do; may do; be capable of doing
another person; other people; unrelated person (i.e. not related by blood); outsider; stranger
corner; edge; (street) corner; turning; rough edges (of one's character, words, etc.); abrasiveness
to pattern after; to liken to; to imitate
ability; performance; efficiency
to reel; to wind; to turn (pages); to flip through (a book); to count (e.g. the days); to open one-by-one
spinning mill; filature; thread-manufacturing plant; silk mill
skill; dexterity; master hand