private secretary; amanuensis
indicates two contrasting actions; (arch.) indicates possessive (often found in place names and compound words)
head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); one's husband; (one's) employer; (one's) master; host
relation; relationship; participation; involvement; influence; effect
not less than; ... and over; beyond (e.g. one's expectations); above; above-mentioned; aforementioned
to advance; to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to improve; to deepen
even if ...; even supposing that ...; also as ...; also for ...; also from the position of ...
exceedingly; extremely; decisively
nature; natural; spontaneous; naturally; spontaneously
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
to be too numerous; to be too much
most part; greater part; majority
to write down (what someone says); to take down dictation; to take notes (e.g. of a lecture); to copy out (a text)
originally; by nature; from the start
changeable; unsettled; inconstant; fickle (e.g. weather)
to get angry; to get mad; to tell someone off; to scold; to be angular; to be square
writing with the brush in one's mouth; foreword; preface; affidavit; written confession (of a commoner in the Edo period)
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
to get used to; to grow accustomed to; to become skilled in; to become experienced at; to become tame; to become domesticated
these days; nowadays; now; at present; recently; lately
comfort; ease; easy; simple; (economically) comfortable; raku pottery
to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something
ear; hearing; edge; crust; selvedge (non-fray machined edge of fabrics); selvage
to jump in; to leap in; to plunge into; to burst in; to barge in
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
so to speak; so to call it; as it were
tool; implement; means; furniture
head; hair (on one's head); mind; brains; leader; chief; top
other (place, thing, person); the rest; outside; beyond; nothing except; nothing but
myself; yourself; I; me; you
to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last
ecstatically; spellbound; with rapt attention; abstractedly; absentmindedly; absorbedly
to wear (sword, decoration, etc.); to carry; to be entrusted (e.g. with a mission); to take on; to have a trace of; to be tinged with
dull; uninteresting; boring; drab
continuously; from beginning to end; from first to last
to be surprised; to be astonished
mind; heart; spirit; the meaning of a phrase (riddle, etc.)
to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)
to separate; to part; to divide; to keep apart
remainder; remnant; (not) very; (not) much; too much; excessively
to resemble; to look like; to be like; to be alike; to be similar; to take after