father (esp. used in samurai families prior to the Meiji period)
tatami room; tatami mat room; formal Japanese room; dinner party in a tatami room (esp. when a geisha or maiko attends)
pleasant; agreeable; comfortable; refreshing
near; close; beside; third person
to offer; to sacrifice; to dedicate
earthenware pot (used as a decanter); jar; jug
bad job; poor workmanship; bungle
to become accustomed to people
sake cup; cup for alcoholic beverages
feeling one gets from listening to something
to add (numbers); to add (something); to top up (with something); to take care of (e.g. one's business)
outstandingly; extraordinarily; exceptionally
family; members of a family
rearing from infancy; training from an early age (e.g. an apprentice); teaching from an early stage (e.g. a subordinate)
work; workmanship; craftsmanship; artifice; trick; device
Thursday; wood (first of the five elements)
occupation; profession; job; vocation; trade; calling
to call out to; to hail; to address; to appeal
wickedness; evil; wicked person
difficult to ...; hard to ...
Pisces (constellation); the Fish; the Fishes; (arch.) fishmongers' guild
going in and out; entering and exiting; visiting regularly; frequenting; income and expenditure; incomings and outgoings; increase and decrease
round coin with a (square) hole in the center; coin made of non-precious materials; money
li (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: fire, south)
one's circumstances; environment; situation (in life)
dubious; puzzled; suspicious
hoop (of a barrel, bucket, etc.)
being reduced to poverty; living in poverty; coming down in the world; straitened (reduced) circumstances
slip; omission; upshot; denouement; punch line (of a joke)
all (there is); as long as there is
elegance; grace; article; item; counter for items (of food, etc.); counter for dishes or courses (at a restaurant)
this and that; this or that; one thing or another; this way and that
to slurp; to sip (loudly); to sniffle; to sniff
flavor; flavour; charm; appeal; experience; taste (e.g. of victory)
to divide (into); to split (into); to share; to distribute; to distinguish; to discriminate; to break up (a fight)
vague; obscure; vast; boundless
feeling; sense; impression