disposition; temperament; nature; mentality; spirit; character
10^8; 100,000,000; hundred million
porcelain (esp. soft-paste porcelain); china; chinaware; earthenware; pottery; ceramics
pattern; figure; state; condition; conjecture of the current situation; the way it seems; model
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
admission ticket; entrance ticket; platform ticket; ticket allowing a non-traveller access to a railway station platform
paint; coloring materials; colors; colours
short and stout; small but wide around
moat; fosse; canal; ditch
to be (animate); to be; to be ..ing; to (have the audacity to) do
Shimane (prefecture); (arch.) island country
to ask; to enquire; to query
something worthy of comparison; something being compared
maintenance; conservatism; conservativeness; conservation
to entrust (e.g. a task) to another; to leave to; to passively leave to someone else's facilities; to leave to take its natural course; to continue (something) in a natural fashion (without particular aim); to rely fully on one's (full strength, great ability, long time taken) to get something done
skillful; skilful; adroit; clever; shrewd; ingenious
no more than; just; only; mere; goes no further than
to become clear; to be made public
cell; cell (in an organization, esp. a communist party)
organization; organisation; structure; construction; system (e.g. railroad, transport, party, etc.); tissue; texture (of a rock)
seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of
dear (old); fondly-remembered; beloved; missed; nostalgic
wild; violent; rough-mannered; rough (e.g. work); crude; coarse
scrubbing hard; scrubbing clean
to rub; to scrub; to scrape
yearned for; longed for; missed
to look at again; to re-examine (policy, estimate, plan, etc.); to review; to get a better opinion of; to see in a more positive light; to improve
civilization; civilisation; culture; Bunmei era (1469.4.28-1487.7.20)