house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
Tōkyō Nichinichi Shimbun (1872-1943, became the Mainichi Shimbun)
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
all companies; each company
extraordinary; special; exceptional; non-standard grammatical construction; ungrammatical usage; solecism
men and women; man and woman; both sexes; both genders
merger (of companies, towns, etc.); combination; union; amalgamation; consolidation; coalition
permission; approval; authorization; to permit; to authorize
female; woman; female sex; female lover; girlfriend; mistress
body; group; party; company; troupe
state (US, Australia, India, Germany, etc.); province (e.g. Canada); continent; (arch.) dear
abrupt; sudden; unexpected
(not) in any way; (not) at all; (none) whatsoever; what kind of
echo; reverberation; response; reaction; repercussions
without; unacceptable; not alright; unsatisfactory
old age; old person; the old; the aged
(those) who are; (that) which is; in the capacity of
actor; actress; man of wits; clever person; cunning fellow
violet (any flower of genus Viola, esp. the Fuji dawn, Viola mandshurica)
old person; senior citizen; the aged; the elderly
astonishing; amazing; surprising; wonderful
memory; ability to remember
bamboo (any grass of subfamily Bambusoideae); middle (of a three-tier ranking system)
counter for leaves, pieces of paper, etc.; (arch.) counter for boats
eel (esp. the Japanese eel, Anguilla japonica)
underling; newbie; small fry; newcomer
good-natured person; good person; (one's) lover; boyfriend; girlfriend
upper reaches of a river; upstream
occasion; time; section (of a literary work); paragraph; season; term; principle
young man in his prime; swaggerer; ruffian
appearance; arrival; make one's appearance
to board; to embark on; to get into (a car); to march into; to enter
dot; point; mark; gidayū musicians (in kabuki)
entering; setting (of the Sun); containing; content; income; beginning
tight sleeve (of a kimono or dress)
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
extremely; terrifically; super
criticism; commentary; review
envoy; diplomat below the rank of ambassador (e.g. deputy chief of mission, charge d'affaires); minister (of legation)