authority; expert; counter for messages, letters, notes, documents, etc.; understanding (esp. of male-female relations); tact; supernatural powers
ordinary; average; common; normal; like the average person; like most people
such (about the actions of the listener, or about ideas expressed or understood by the listener); like that; that sort of
duty; function; office; mission; task
especially; above all; particularly; among other things
fabric; cloth; textiles; measure of kimono material
gō; traditional unit of volume, approx. 0.1804 litres; gō; traditional unit of area, approx 0.33 metres square; one-tenth of the way from the base to the summit of a mountain; conjunction; sum
(husked grains of) rice; staple (product, etc.); necessity
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
one day; all day (long); throughout the day; first day of the month
to connect; to tie; to fasten; to transfer (phone call)
independence; self-reliance; independence (e.g. of a nation); freedom; separation; isolation
living; life (one's daily existence); livelihood
to run (a business); to operate; to carry out; to perform; to hold (a Buddhist or Shinto ceremony)
learning; acquisition (of a skill, knowledge, etc.)
entertainer (esp. in a traditional art); performer; artiste; talented person; accomplished person
cooked rice; meal; food; one's living; livelihood
order (for an item); request; demand; condition
shaku; traditional unit of volume, approx. 18 ml; shaku; traditional unit of area, approx. 0.033 meters square
butcher specializing in beef; dealer in beef; beef-hotpot restaurant
monme (unit of weight, 3.75 g); monme; Edo period silver coin worth between 1/50th-1/80th of a ryō
opposite; opposition; versus; vs.; to (e.g. "winning a game five to three"); equal footing
column; beam; girder; digit; decade; order of magnitude
above anything else; above all; more than anything; best; greatest; excellent
shaku (unit of distance approximately equal to 30.3 cm); rule; measure; length
ladle; dipper; wild chervil (Anthriscus sylvestris); cow parsley; keck
representative; representation; delegation; switchboard number; main number
variable measure of fabric (28.8 cm in width); for kimonos: at least 10 m in length; 300 tsubo (991.74 meters square, 0.24506 acres); six ken (10.91 m)
(cute) suffix for familiar person; cute adjective form
insufficiency; deficiency; shortage; dissatisfaction; discontent; complaint
remainder; remnant; (not) very; (not) much; too much; excessively
tailoring; dressmaking; sewing; making; preparation
what sort of; what kind of; what way
special; particular; extraordinary; exceptional; especial
height; stature; length (esp. of clothing); all (one has); everything; magnificence (of a waka poem, etc.)
(relative) length; advantages and disadvantages; pluses and minuses; strong and weak points
consideration (for others); (making) allowance
to decide; to determine; to establish; to lay down; to bring peace (to); to make peaceful
light eating; spare diet; not eating much
glutton; gormandizer; gormandiser
same; identical; equal; anyway; anyhow; in either case