life; life force; lifetime; lifespan; most important thing; foundation
cunning deed; sly trick; foul play; cunning person; sly fellow; cheat
to try and do something; to attempt to do something
very much; exceedingly; extremely
by all means; at all costs; absolutely
half; 50%; tie; 5 parts; 5%
was just in; just left; just did
lochia; post-natal vaginal discharge
dry riverbed; river beach
article (in document); provision; stripe; streak; although; though
stationery; pen and ink; writing materials
quotient; dealing; dealer; second degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); Shang dynasty (China, approx. 1600-1046 BCE); Yin dynasty
bamboo (any grass of subfamily Bambusoideae); middle (of a three-tier ranking system)
China; Chūgoku region (western part of Honshu comprising the prefectures of Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi, Tottori and Shimane); central part of a country; main region; province of the second lowest rank (ritsuryo system)
red-ink stick; red and black
counter for long and narrow things such as guns, scissors, spades, hoes, inksticks, palanquins, candles, jinrikishas, shamisen, oars, etc.
government office; agency; board
particle used to indicate the speaker's hope, desire, wish, etc. (e.g. "it would be nice if ...", "I wish there were ...", etc.); emphatic particle; particle adding uncertainty
iron (Fe); strong and hard (as iron); railway; railway enthusiast
one's possessions; ownership
sentence; composition; text; the literary arts (as opposed to the military arts); academia; statement
counter for flat objects (e.g. sheets of paper); (arch.) counter for positions or roles; (arch.) counter for food portions (now only gyōza and soba); counter for ranking level
together; mutually; fellow
group engaged in some activity (players, companies, forces, etc.)
adds force or indicates command
to rub; to crumple; to massage; to argue; to have a heated discussion; to train; to coach
to cut; to cut through; to sever (connections, ties); to turn off (e.g. the light); to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to punch (a ticket)
second line of a four-line Chinese poem
need; want; necessity; expenses; cost
(my) wife; inside the home; one's family
housewife; mistress (of the house); homemaker
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
price; cost; charge; payment; bill; fee
estimate; guess; direction; bearings; registration mark (printing); approximately
activity (of a person, organization, animal, volcano, etc.); action; movie (esp. during the silent movie period)
Saitama prefecture (Kanto area)