address (e.g. opening or closing remarks); speech; ci (Chinese literary form); ancillary word
low (rank, degree, value, content, quality, etc.); low (position); close to the ground; short (height); deep (voice); in a low key
to entreat; to request earnestly
to hold a grudge; to hold something against somebody
declining; refusal; nonacceptance; turning down; withdrawal (e.g. of candidacy); pulling out (e.g. of a race)
salary (esp. public employees); wages; pay
Kyūshū (southernmost of the four main islands of Japan)
to be given up; to be discontinued
daybreak; dawn; gray of the morning (grey); dawn (of a new age)
waste (of money, time, etc.); squandering; frittering away
normal; usual; ordinary; everyday
worry; care; concern; ennui; boredom
inside one's heart; in one's mind
success or failure (in examinations)
(examination) comments and marks; rating
habit; (social) custom; practice; convention
north; the North; northern territories; North Korea; (arch.) north wind
Yue (kingdom in ancient China; 6th C-334 BCE); Vietnam
one's former teacher; one's old teacher
to succeed; to relieve; to take the place of; to substitute for; to be exchanged; to change (places with)
change (of personnel); reshuffle (e.g. of a cabinet); shake-up; dismissal (e.g. of a minister); replacement
iron (Fe); strong and hard (as iron); railway; railway enthusiast
to inform; to notify; to know; to reign
six o'clock; six periods of a day (morning, midday, afternoon, evening, midnight, late night)
doorkeeper; doorman; porter
member of an assembly; member of the Diet; member of parliament; member of Congress
being elected; being selected (to win a prize, etc.); winning (in a lottery, raffle, etc.)
development; growth; development (of a situation, story, etc.); advancement; playing around; having an active sex life
bell (often a large hanging bell); chime
echo; reverberation; sound (esp. the distinctive sound of an object or activity, e.g. rain, gun, gallop, drum); noise; quality of a sound (e.g. a fine phrase, clear voice, resonant bell); feeling of a sound
one's place of appointment; one's post
rain; rainy day; rainy weather; the November suit (in hanafuda)
to set out; to set sail; to embark on (a new venture); to set out (to achieve something); to begin to ride; to lean forward