grade of wood; quality of wood; cut end (of a piece of wood)
party (of people); set (of people); clan; family; fellow
private secretary; amanuensis
underling; person of low standing; grunt; petty (work, official, etc.); minor; lowly
(sitting) knee-to-knee; face-to-face
to cling to; to hang onto; to rely on; to depend on; to implore; to entreat
sashimi (raw sliced fish, shellfish or crustaceans)
to get; to obtain; to come by; to find
entreaty; appeal; petition
badger; raccoon dog (Nyctereutes procyonoides)
(doing) various things; (doing) this and that; being apt to; being prone to; at any rate; anyhow
hard problem; person hard to please; hard nut to crack
burr (e.g. chestnut); bur; cupule; case
document; writing; letter; document addressed to someone
specialization; specialisation; differentiation
store; shop; establishment; restaurant
(arch.) inspector (third highest of the four administrative ranks of the ritsuryo system); (noh) old man; white ash (of charcoal)
recommendation; referral; endorsement
low-lying part of a city (usu. containing shops, factories, etc.); Shitamachi (low-lying area of eastern Tokyo near Tokyo Bay, incl. Asakusa, Shitaya, Kanda, Fukugawa, Honjo, Nihonbashi, Kyobashi and surrounds)
demonstration; protest; (giving a) demo; demonstration; presentation
tortoise; turtle; heavy drinker; turtle crest; turtle mon
clique; group; (political) faction; wing; school; sect
adherence to the shogunate
master of martial arts; practitioner of martial arts
street performer (comedian)
leading figure; influential figure; mogul
way (of doing things); method; style; school (e.g. of poetry)
(a) stop (e.g. in a timber joint, or at the end of a kanji stroke); remaining (e.g. poste-restante); forty-five degree angle
sword; blade; single stroke
petty underling; small fry
private secretary; amanuensis
good-naturedness; good-natured person; credulous person; easy mark
doing as one is told; yes-man
glasses; eyeglasses; spectacles; judgment; judgement; discrimination
bargain sale; selling cheaply; giving out freely