brightness; discernment; insight; eyesight; vision; nth year in the Meiji era (1868.9.8-1912.7.30)
to start to say; to attempt to say; to be about to say; to speak to; to address
to clear up; to clear away; to refresh (e.g. spirits); to be cleared (e.g. of a suspicion); to be dispelled; to be banished
to perceive; to sense; to understand; to comprehend; to attain enlightenment
way (of doing); manner; method; means
to laugh at; to ridicule; to mock; to make fun of; to sneer at
to erase; to delete; to turn off (power); to switch off; to extinguish; to put out
(doing) various things; (doing) this and that; being apt to; being prone to; at any rate; anyhow
tedious; boring; being fed up with
to spoil; to rot; to corrode
generation; lifetime; age
failure; defeat; mistake; unconsciousness
insect; bug; worm; roundworm; one's emotions; one's feelings; nervousness
to like; to love; to be fond of
condition; state; health; state (of health); way; manner
to feel dizzy; to have blood rush to one's head; to lose one's cool; to be obsessed; to be infatuated; to become conceited
role; assignment; position (of responsibility); post; part (in a play, film, etc.); role
to have a feeling (that); to have a sensation (that)
principal occupation; main job; professional; an expert; I (of a government official, etc.); me
deserted (esp. store, market, town, streets); quiet; inactive (business, trade, etc.); slack; idle; free
to be possessed by an evil spirit; to be tempted; to give in to an urge; to succumb to temptation
to become thin; to lose weight; to reduce (one's) weight; to be barren; to be infertile; to be sterile
to wither (of a plant); to be blasted; to die; to mature (of one's personality, abilities, etc.)
chewiness; firmness; feel of food while being chewed; challenge (e.g. work, book); toughness
anxiously; impatiently; worriedly; fretting; getting worked up
stubbornness; obstinacy; disposition; nature; appetite; desire
lover; lady-killer; sexy guy
one move (in go, shogi, etc.); only way; only means; doing alone; doing single-handed
monopoly; monopolization; exclusive sales rights
scarcity of eligible women; difficulty for a man to find a woman; woman shortage
jealousy; roasted rice cake
than; other than; except; but
laugh; laughter; smile; sneer; sex aids (e.g. dildos, pornographic books, erotic woodblock prints, etc.)
to underrate; to belittle; to look down on; to despise
cannot be helped; unavoidable; pointless; useless; hopeless (person); annoying
laughable; ridiculous; pitiful; contemptible; absurdity
to doubt; to distrust; to be suspicious of; to suspect
millennium; one thousand years; (fig.) long time
article; goods; fine thing; fellow; (arch.) prostitute; (arch.) price
thickheaded; obtuse; slow; sluggish; indulgent (esp. to the opposite sex); doting