clue; lead; key; handhold; hold
abolition of the han system
leaping; activity; leapfrog (over a problem); making a leap (e.g. in logic); making great strides; making rapid progress
every morning and evening
looks; personal appearance; features
pleasure; supreme pleasure obtained by freeing oneself from earthly desires
visiting ill or distressed people; writing get-well letters; get-well gifts; get-well letters; expression of sympathy; expression of concern
very; extremely; exceedingly; top; highest; best
stubbornness; obstinacy; disposition; nature; appetite; desire
Kshitigarbha (bodhisattva who looks over children, travellers and the underworld); Ksitigarbha; Jizō
express messenger; postman; mailman; courier
nerve; nerves; sensitivity
contrary to one's wishes; gone awry; gone amiss; short of money; in financial difficulty
to scoff; to laugh at; to make fun of; to ridicule; to jeer at
haughty; arrogant; insolent; proud; overbearing
arrogance; insolence; disrespect
ecstasy; rapture; trance; senility
knack; skill; bone; skeleton; cremated remains (esp. the bones); ashes
(approximate) age; years; elderly; old; older (than); senior
bow (and arrow; esp. of a noble)
testing; experiment; test; examination; exam; trial
to pen; to write; to draw
difference; discrepancy; variation
working without pay; free service; work for nothing
oneself and others; (in philosophy) subject and object; transitivity; transitive and intransitive verbs; first person and third person; self-salvation and salvation by faith
error; mistake; slip; bug
certain amount; some; certain person; Mr So-and-so; (arch.) I; (arch.) me
to entrust (someone) with; to leave (a matter) with someone; to have someone deliver (a message, parcel, etc.); to send (through someone); to use (something) to express (one's feelings, opinion, etc.); to express in the form of (something)
fulfillment; fulfilment; realization; realisation; completion
beforehand; in advance; previously
personality; character; personal appearance; gentility
to count on; to expect; to put confidence in; to trust in; to depend on
fragment; broken piece; chip; ounce (of truth, conscience, etc.); trace; shred
aim; object; expectations; prospects; something that can be relied upon; snack served with alcoholic drink; pad
(arch.) that is in; who is called; that is called; that is; I see
sen (hundredth of a yen); coin made of non-precious materials; one-thousandth of a kan (as a unit of currency); (arch.) one-thousandth of a kan (as a unit of mass)
town; block; street; road; 109.09 m; 0.99 hectares
bank; banking institution
secretary (government); director; chief