ability; capacity; capability; physical strength
recognition; awareness; perception; understanding; knowledge; cognition
counter for small animals; counter for rolls of cloth (two han in size); (arch.) counter for horses; roll of cloth
king of beasts (i.e. lion)
to grapple with; to wrestle with; to engage in a bout; to tackle (e.g. a problem); to come to grips with; to work hard on
to exterminate; to eliminate; to eradicate; to suppress
number one; first; best; most; game; round
Quanzhou (China); Chinchew
sale; selling; selling point; gimmick; seller; vendor
damn Westerner; (lit.) hairy foreigner
black ships; Western ships that came to Japan between the 16th and 19th centuries, esp. those of the Perry Expedition in 1853; foreign disruptor (of the Japanese market); product, person, etc. arriving from the West and disturbing the Japanese market
important; significant; precious; valuable; careful
as (X, then Y); with; in accordance with; in proportion to
to be too much for one; to find unmanageable; to be beyond one's control; to not know what to do with
after (a long process); at the end of; last line (of a renga)
favorite; favourite; pet (e.g. teacher's pet); bookmark (in web browser)
at once; immediately; without delay; promptly
cute; adorable; dear; precious; innocent; childlike
(Oh) dear!; (Oh) dear me!; Good gracious
when it becomes; when it comes to
ordinary; average; run-of-the-mill
legend; tradition; biography; life; method; way
running; gliding; first (harvest) of the season; beginning; start; kitchen sink
taking heart; being in high spirits
form of a retreating person's body
to see someone off (at a station, an airport, etc.); to escort (e.g. home); to follow something with one's eyes until it is out of sight; to let pass; to pass up (an opportunity etc.); to shelve (a plan, deliberation on a bill, etc.); to postpone
good-natured person; good person; (one's) lover; boyfriend; girlfriend
thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...
dismissal; sacking; discharge
for the present; for the time being; for a while (from now); for some time (to come)
important task; important role; major part (in a film, play, etc.); leading role; high-scoring combination
solitarily; in a lonely fashion; all alone; by oneself
to look at; to gaze at; to look out over; to get a view of; to look on (from the sidelines); to stand by and watch
soliloquy; monologue; speaking to oneself
hello; good day; good afternoon
white; unseasoned; undyed; very much; precisely; playing dumb
keep ...-ing; have been ...-ing; leaving (something) on; leaving (something) still in use
type of traditional Japanese conical hat
shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext