lattice; counter for large bundles (e.g. 10 sheafs of rice, 200 sheets of calligraphy paper, 20 whistling arrows, 100 fish); handbreadth (unit for measuring the length of arrows)
death; rejection (of a manuscript, etc.); lacking; without
rice grown on dry land; dry land rice plant
wheat; barley; oat (oats)
to scold; to chide; to rebuke; to reprimand
buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum); soba; Japanese buckwheat noodles
near; close; beside; vicinity; proximity; besides
else; in addition; on top of that; furthermore; further; besides
to offer; to present; to serve (food and drink); to offer (to the gods); to set up (before an altar)
anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case; be that as it may
method; process; manner; way; means; technique
to take measures; to work out a plan; to lecture; to read aloud; to confer
at the most; at best; to the utmost; as much as possible; as much as one can
Japanese league; ri; neighbourhood (under the ritsuryo system; orig. of 50 homes); unit of area (approx. 654m by 654m)
for now; for the time being; for the present; though not quite satisfactorily; after a fashion
foothold; footing; toehold; stepping stone
suitable; proper; appropriate; perfunctory; half-minded; sloppy
promise; agreement; convention; rule; destiny; fate
so; like that; that's right; indeed; let me see...
how many times; how many degrees (temperature, angle, etc.)
island group; archipelago
archipelago; group of islands
to belong to; to come under; to be affiliated with; to be subject to
counter for people (usu. seating, reservations and such); first name; famous; great; name; noun
what was said; what it means; origin of a story (or tradition, etc.)
earning the first (runs); preoccupation
right (to do something); authority; power
return; conclusion; reduction
principle; aim; purport; gist; instructions; orders
to tell; to inform; to announce; to indicate; to signal; to mark
doing (with resolve); carrying out (e.g. a plan)
as soon as...; just after...; immediately after...; hurriedly; in haste; quickly
construction; establishment
drawing; diagram; plans; blueprint
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.)
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
materials; ingredients; material (for a novel, experiment, etc.); subject matter; grounds (for a decision, judgement, etc.); basis
growth; development; growing up; growth (of a company, the economy, etc.)
climate and natural features (of a region)