close connection; deep involvement; close relationship
in good health; alive and well; going strong
main constituent; core; nucleus; subject
rigour; rigor; closeness; compactness; tightly knit
to honor; to honour; to respect; to esteem; to prize
we; us; I; me; my store (business, etc.)
eagerly; earnestly; ardently
street; road; traffic; coming and going; flow (of water, air, etc.); passage; transmission (of sound)
one's nature; one's destiny; custom; tradition; habit
pointing out; identification
originally; essentially; naturally; in the first place; to begin with
to be (animate); to be; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed; to (have the audacity to) do
value to society; raison d'être; existence value
be considered; be deemed; be thought to be
severe; strict; hard (to do); difficult; intense (e.g. cold); harsh (weather)
consistency; coherence; one kan (approx. 3.75 kg); one piece of sushi
individual; one by one; separate; each
whole; entirety; to begin with; in the first place; ... the heck (e.g. "what the heck?"); ... in the world (e.g. "why in the world?")
to assemble; to put together; to set up; to form (words, sentences, etc.)
to come from; to have roots in
to play a leading role; to play a central part
not a little; not a few; considerable
stillness; rest; being stationary; standing still; coming to a standstill
prone (to); liable (to); apt (to); tending (to)
Ryukyu; chain of southwestern Japanese islands comprising Okinawa Prefecture
to be anxious (about); to be concerned (about); to think out (e.g. a plan); to work out; to investigate
here and there; little by little; sporadically; dots; spots
to be scattered; to straggle; to be found here and there
island; one's territory (of a sex worker, organized crime gang, etc.); one's turf
group; crowd; flock; herd; bevy; school
width; breadth; freedom (e.g. of thought); latitude; gap; difference (e.g. in price)
north and south; north to south; South Korea and North Korea
rope; cord; policeman's rope
horizontal (as opposed to vertical); side-to-side (as opposed to front-to-back); width; side (of a box, etc.); beside; aside
to divide; to cut; to halve; to break; to crack; to dilute; to fall below
to be due to; to be caused by; to depend on; to turn on; to be based on; to come from
northern direction; north; (legal) wife (of a nobleman); lady
Amamiooshima (island approximately 215 kilometers NE of Okinawa)
Satsuma (former province located in the west of present-day Kagoshima Prefecture); sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas)
han (estate of a daimyo in the Edo and early Meiji periods); feudal domain; fief; province
eightfold; octuple; multilayered; doubled