guess; conjecture; supposition; inference
disadvantage; handicap; unfavorable position
responsibility; duty; obligation
to impose; to visit upon; to inflict
circulation; dissemination
on the street; around town; the world; the public
station (esp. a police station); office (e.g. tax office)
taking up a new line of work; the beginning of things; starting the preparations for New Year's festivities (December 8 in Tokyo, December 13 in Kyoto); resuming work after the New Year's vacation
(not) at all; (not) a bit; (not) in the least; (not) in the slightest
Suō (former province located in the southeast of present-day Yamaguchi Prefecture)
wood; lumber; (raw) material; stuff; talent; ability
sappanwood (Caesalpinia sappan); sappanwood dye (red in colour); layered colour (light brown on the front, dark red beneath)
Bingo (former province located in the east of present-day Hiroshima Prefecture)
Edo-period business taxes
agreement (e.g. business, dispute); understanding; compromise; mutual relations (between family members, coworkers, etc.)
feeling refreshed; feeling relieved; neat; tidy; frank; open-hearted; completely
useless; vain; aimless; idle
certainty; reality; regular; permanent; samadhi (state of intense concentration achieved through meditation)
wages; pay; rental payment
town; block; downtown; main street; street; road
areca palm (Areca catechu); betel palm
ministries and government offices; the authorities
congratulatory visit to the Imperial Palace (e.g. at New Year)
chasing; metal carving; metal engraving
large banquet; (arch.) court banquet (Heian period)
prenatal care; antenatal training
to compare; to make a comparison; to compete; to vie
to abbreviate; to omit; to take; to capture
morning and evening; from morning until night; constantly
to become misty; to become hazy; to get blurry; to grow dim; to be overshadowed; to be upstaged
chasm; interstice; crevice; vulva; slit; cunt
distrust; mistrust; insincerity; impiety; faithlessness
lecture attendance; auditing
echo; reverberation; spirit of a tree; tree spirit
sensitive; alert; aware; susceptible
every place; various places
beacon; skyrocket; signal fire; starting shot; starting signal
to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)