only; merely; just; at most; no more than
doing together (as equals); sharing; common (land, etc.); joint (statement, etc.); cooperation; co-operation
to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something
magician; wizard; sorcerer; witch
mountain villa; mountain retreat; mountain cottage
emperor (of Japan); mikado; (the gates of an) imperial residence
credit; money owed on an account; bill; hot noodles in broth; proportion (of wholesale price, as tenths of list price); in the midst of; rest
chase; pursuit; tracking; following up; tracing
very easy; piece of cake; child's play; before breakfast
pretending not to recognize (recognise); feigned ignorance
one eye; one of one's eyes
to emphasize; to state emphatically; to speak loudly about; to raise one's voice; to lift one's voice
discharged prisoner; ex-convict
resignation; acceptance; consolation
to move (house); to transfer (department); to change the target of interest or concern; to elapse (passage of time); to be permeated by a colour or scent; to be infected
whole family; entire family; all (members of) the family; all over the house; throughout the house
knot; tying; bundle; lumping; conclusion; ending
status; position; method; way; rule; regulation
powerful local clan; local strongman
head house (family); birthplace; originator
science (inc. mathematics, medicine, etc.); natural science; science department (university); science course; science (as a school subject)
to harden; to freeze; to put together; to collect; to make secure; to stabilize; to fortify
three great people (e.g. of the Meiji Restoration)
one child; only child; one of several children (esp. the son and heir); one stone (in the game of go)
sun and moon; time; days and months; Sunday and Monday
residence; mansion; estate; dwelling
five (long cylindrical things)
to draw (a line); to demarcate; to mark; to plan
great man; magnanimous man
what is called; what they call; so-called
from long ago; from old times; from time immemorial
good or bad luck; fortune
moat; fosse; trench; ditch
carving; engraving; chiselled features
reception hall (in a temple or palace)
private secretary; amanuensis
oral instruction or teaching or method
mangrove (esp. the black mangrove, Bruguiera gymnorrhiza); tree with red leaves or flowers