to attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry
rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk
to take out; to carry out; to bring out from where it belongs; to mention something; to broach a topic; to bring up (a subject)
one's youth; early life; one's early days; one's early years
nicely; properly; frequently; often; I'm glad that you ...; thank you for ...
call; visit; inquiry; enquiry; question
one's own handwriting; autograph
to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point
force; strength; capability; ability; efficacy; effect; effort
dropping; losing; missing item; something one forgot to write down; trap; wooden protrusion from a Japanese door frame that fits a hole in the threshold, acting as a lock when closed; conclusion (of a speech, etc.)
to drive (e.g. horse, carriage); to control; to manage
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
reasoning; inference; deduction; mystery or detective genre
the Monkey (ninth sign of the Chinese zodiac); hour of the Monkey (around 4pm, 3-5pm, or 4-6pm); west-southwest; 7th month of the lunar calendar
writing brush; paintbrush; writing with a brush; drawing with a brush; writing (composing text); the written word
both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold
principle; aim; purport; gist; instructions; orders
to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
to line up; to put in a row; to add (to a group); to accept (as a member of an organization, etc.); to link; to put together
uneventfully; without incident; without a hitch; peacefully
we; us; (arch.) I; (arch.) me; (arch.) you (referring to a group of one's equals or inferiors)
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
joy; delight; rapture; pleasure; gratification; rejoicing
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
at least; at most; (even) just
to collect (debts); to dun; to appoint; to promote; to emphasize; to focus on
Buddhist memorial service
in order to; for the purpose of; must; should
omission (of middle part of a text); ellipsis
wife (esp. one's own wife); court lady; female court attache; (arch.) woman (esp. as a love interest)
great numbers (of people); numerical superiority; masses; people; folk; clique
to encourage (someone); to cheer (someone) up; to give someone a charge; to empower
to hit; to expose; to apply (e.g. patch); to put on; to allot; to call on someone (e.g. in class); to guess (an answer)
to think (only used to speak of others); to turn one's attention toward (only used to speak of others); to have feelings for (only used to speak of others); to honour the target of one's emotions
(please) try to; (please) look; seeing; looking
treat; banquet; feast; (arch.) running about