tanuki (Nyctereutes procyonoides); raccoon dog; sly dog; sly old fox; sly fox
tugboat; tug; towboat; tugging (a boat); towing; towage
company president; manager; director
double-dealing; duplicity; equivocation; (lit.) double-tongued
imitating; copying; mimicry; behavior; behaviour; action
pottery; earthenware; yakimono; flame-broiled food (esp. fish); tempered blade
tokonoma; alcove where art or flowers are displayed
to decorate; to ornament; to display; to exhibit; to mark (e.g. the day with a victory); to adorn (e.g. the front page)
dot; spot; mark (in an exam, etc.); grade; point (in a game); score; point
since some time ago; for some time; for quite a while
doubt; question; suspicion; dubiousness
to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up
(what) the heck; (why) in the world; one object; one body; one form; one style; one Buddhist image
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
if that's the case ...; if so ...; that being the case ...
machine; mechanism; instrument; appliance; apparatus
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
use; application; employment; utilization; utilisation
to turn; to rotate; to pass around; to send around; to move (someone or something to where its needed); to send; to turn (to a new use)
abolition; discontinuance; discontinuation; repeal; annulment
by means of; due to; because of; according to
equipment; device; installation; stage setting
or; either ... or; maybe; perhaps; some ... and others ...; sometimes ... and at other times ...
to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do
oppression; tyranny; despotism
to shout; to cry (out); to scream; to clamor (for or against); to advocate; to insist
abacus; soroban; calculation (esp. of profit and loss); reckoning
member of an assembly; member of the Diet; member of parliament; member of Congress
every person; every mouth; every entrance
next (to); adjoining; adjacent; house next door; neighbouring house; next-door neighbour
to have a talk; to tell a story
argument; discussion; dispute; controversy
to compete; to vie; to make fight against another (person, animal); to pit against; to debate; to argue
in the city; within the city
to raise; to rear; to train; to teach; to promote the growth of; to nurture
to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend