regional official responsible for rice storage (under the Yamato court); Inagi (lowest of the eight hereditary titles)
master; expert; Meijin (professional title); Meijin (highest title for male players in competitive karuta)
to say; to utter; to declare; to name; to call
some; several; many; how many; how much; very
century; era; of the century (e.g. fight of the century)
especially; particularly; unusually; (arch.) additionally
to surpass the rest (e.g. of a large group); to stand out from the crowd; to be the best by far
to praise; to extol; to hail; to laud; to celebrate
to ask; to enquire; to inquire; to search; to look for; to look into
to tell X from Y; to distinguish; to know (one thing) from (another)
difficult to ...; hard to ...
to cross (each other); to pass (each other); to miss (meeting) each other; to pass each other by; to have a misunderstanding; to go awry
to produce; to yield; to cause; to result from; to arise; to be generated
so; like that; that's right; indeed; let me see ...
absence; being away from home; house-sitting; house-sitter; neglecting (e.g. one's studies); leaving unattended
waist; waistline; waist measurement
new; neo-; newness; novelty; Gregorian calendar; Xin dynasty (of China; 9-23 CE)
iron (Fe); steel; iron (will, discipline, lady, etc.); railway; railway enthusiast
consists of; comprises; is made up of
(already) known; established
element; chemical element; (classical) element (e.g. earth, water, air, fire); (arch.) origin; (arch.) source
in order; sequential; seriatim
to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)
skillful; skilled; proficient; flattery
pains; hard work; effort; trouble; labour; labor
smart (clothing, etc.); stylish; slim; slender; skilful; slick
oratory; art of public speaking
once; one time; one round; one game; one bout; one heat
to continue (for a long time); to occur in succession; to come next (e.g. on TV)
to show; to display; to make (something or someone) look ...; to present an appearance of ...; to make (something) worth watching; to be entertaining; to have (something) looked at (by a specialist)
in advance; beforehand; previously; ahead of time
time; hour; period; class
right side; style of Japanese court music
medicine; drug; chemical (agent); chemicals
smell; scent; aura; whiff; faint, mist-like pattern along the temper line of a Japanese sword
yellow; high-pitched (voice); shrill
contagious disease; communicable disease; transmissible disease; infectious disease; epidemic
disinfection; sterilization; sterilisation