fluff; fuzz; nap; hachures; hatching
but I suppose; it seems; probably; I guess
to have a reason; to have an excuse
car; automobile; vehicle; wheel
to be broken; to break; to fall through; to come to nothing
fashion; trend; vogue; prevalence (of a disease); epidemic
(a) step; one step; level; stage; small degree; small amount
contraband; taboo; strictly forbidden
official notice; Edo-period proclamation issued by the shogunate (or a daimyo, etc.) usu. to the general populace
machine; mechanism; instrument; appliance; apparatus
details; particulars; whole story; sequence of events; chronology; circumstances
ago; since; before; previous
Echigo (former province located in present-day Niigata Prefecture)
some; any; please; anyway; anyhow
prosperity; flourishing; thriving
unhulled rice; rice in the husk; paddy; rice husks; chaff
(United States of) America; USA
panic; scare; alarm; panic; financial panic
to cause; to induce; to bring about a result or state; to produce
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
occupation; profession; job; vocation; trade; calling
prohibition; inhibition; ban
muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line
to ask for; to apply for; to make an application for; to file a request for; to submit (e.g. one's resignation)
modern convenience; convenience of civilized life; blessings of civilization
mourning; mourning period; anniversary of one's death
(sudden) change; reversal; turn-around; coming from behind (baseball)
white; unseasoned; undyed; very much; precisely; playing dumb
one move (in go, shogi, etc.); only way; only means; doing alone; doing single-handed
import; importation; introduction; afferent
straw bag; sack; bale; counter for sacks (of rice, potatoes, coal, etc.)
average; mean; balance; equilibrium