reasoning; logic; persuasion
(family) crest; coat of arms; pattern; figure
form; tense; adjective; i-adjective (in Japanese)
to take (someone) by surprise; to do something unexpected
indivisible; unconvincing; incomprehensible; unaccounted for
wiles; trick; artifice; lover (male) (esp. of a prostitute)
trifling with; toying with; playing with; tossing about (a ship)
creation; Creation (by God)
paint; coloring materials; colors; colours
(printing) block; woodcut
dropping (of tears, dew, etc.); falling off; dropping off; inadvertently (coming to the surface); letting out (e.g. a secret)
chewing; mastication; digestion (e.g. of words); assimilation; comprehension
to jump up; to spring up; to move around; to bounce up and down; to pound (of one's heart, e.g. with excitement); to throb
granny; grandma; gran; old lady; old woman
closing; shutting; firmness; tightness; discipline
knot (in rope, etc.); bonds; arrest; rope impressions (on the surface of pottery)
the person in question; prominent figure; distinguished person; that person
coworker; co-worker; colleague; associate
longing; great desire; aspiration
3 o'clock; afternoon snack (eaten around 3 o'clock); three ages of Buddhism (following the death of Gautama Buddha; age of the true law, age of the copied law, and age of the degeneration of the law); three ages of the dharma
number; number plate; license plate
to pick out item(s) from a group to keep
suburb; residential area on the outskirt of a city; commuter belt
cicada; locust; small-sized pulley
patrolling; one's rounds; inspection tour; watchman; patrolman
person in charge; senior staff; manager; chief; head
office work; clerical work; administration; business; affairs
family tradition; (arch.) wind blowing from the direction of one's home
extravagant; lavish; opulent; luxurious; magnificent; splendid
best regards; please remember me; please treat me favorably (favourably); please take care of
lesson; section (in an organization); division; counter for lessons and chapters (of a book)
to be profitable; to yield a profit
to fight; to exchange blows; to rally
yikes!; eek!; ook; eek; customer
relative weight; lightness and heaviness; relative importance; gravity
(the) whole; as a whole; in general; at large