to put on weight; to gain weight; to grow fat; to get stout
everyday; daily; ordinary; usual; routine; regular
mon; one-thousandth of a kan (unit of currency 1336-1870); 2.4 cm (traditional unit used to measure shoe sizes); letter; character; scripture
posing a question; question
lunch; midday meal; food served at a tea party (tea ceremony)
container; receptacle; utensil; implement; calibre; talent
insufficiency; deficiency; shortage; dissatisfaction; discontent; complaint
to collect; to assemble; to gather
crushed stone; macadam; crushing (rock)
sorting; arrangement; liquidation; settlement; retrenchment; curtailment
commissioning; entrusting (with); request; appointment (to a position)
suitable; proper; appropriate; perfunctory; half-minded; sloppy
Japanese person; Japanese people
accompanying; travelling together; traveling together; same bank
how long; how far; how much
scholarship; scientific attainments
speciality; specialty; subject of study; expert; area of expertise
waka; classic Japanese poem, esp. a tanka, often 31 morae
short love song (popular in late Edo period)
degree; amount; grade; standard; of the order of (following a number); about
study; scholarship; learning; discipline; branch of learning; (a) science
characteristic; traditional; peculiar; inherent; native; eigen-
judgement; judgment; appraisal (e.g. of an antique); evaluation; forensics; (criminal) identification
possessing (what is required); having; fulfilling (conditions); satisfying (requisites); being endowed with
somewhat; to some extent; to some degree; some; part; portion
any- (e.g. anything, anywhere, anyone); -ever (e.g. whatever, wherever, whenever); even (if it's just ...); at least; either ... or ...
coming; going; being (somewhere); come; go; stay
your acquaintance; people who know
to forget oneself; to lose control of oneself
half the body; half length
to push out; to project; to stick out; to hand over (e.g. to the police)
to be helpful; to be useful
surprise; astonishment; wonder; amazement
by some chance; somehow; in some way; somehow or other; one way or another; by any means possible
to arrive at; to reach; to sit on; to sit at (e.g. the table)
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
talk; story; conversation
something; nothing (with neg. verb)