indicates uncertainty or second hand nature of information quoted
various aspects; various phases
directions; instructions; orders; command
one's younger brother; underling (e.g. in yakuza); junior male peer; sworn younger brother
various matters; everything
to put in order; to arrange; to get ready; to prepare; to work out (e.g. business deal); to arrange (e.g. marriage)
tool; means; ingredients (added to soup, rice, etc.); counter for sets of armor, utensils, furniture, etc.
armaments; military preparations
token (effort); something done for form's sake
young man; young woman; young people; young employee; young manservant; young follower
to be all out (e.g. of people); to be all elsewhere; to be all in use (e.g. of cars); to be sold out; to have none left
role; assignment; position (of responsibility); post; part (in a play, film, etc.); role
sawtooth oak (Quercus acutissima)
windbreak (forest); shelterbelt
Saturday; earth; dirt; land; lands; earth (third of the five elements)
different (quality, nature); heterogeneous
stubbornness; obstinacy; disposition; nature; appetite; desire
to surround; to encircle; to besiege; to lay siege to; to play (go, shogi, etc.)
a lot; lots; enough; sufficient; enough; too many
it's precisely for that reason that ...; which is precisely why ...
slowly; unhurriedly; easily (e.g. in time); well; well (e.g. sleep); comfortably
centre; center; middle; capital; seat of government
state of affairs (around you); situation; circumstances
zealous; enthusiastic; ardent; fervent; keen; eager
appointment; nomination; ordination; commission; designation
wholly; solely; entirely; principally; mostly; chiefly
story; tale; talk; discussion
to turn back; to go back; to repeat; to send back; to bring back; to retrace one's steps
throughout; over a period of ...; over a span of ...
knowing; (an) acquaintance
to bow; to worship; to receive; to see
crossing; passage; importing; import; wandering; wanderer; migration
door (esp. Japanese-style); shutter; window shutter; (arch.) entrance (to a home); (arch.) narrows
geta; Japanese wooden clogs; turn (in set-type proofing); upside-down character
irritability; peevishness; irascibility; hot temper
appreciation (of art, music, poetry, etc.)
piece (in shogi, chess, etc.); (arch.) horse; (arch.) foal; bridge (of a violin, etc.)
reserve; constraint; declining; refraining; forethought; foresight