signboard; sign; draw; attraction; reputation (of a shop); name
advertisement; advertising; announcement; notice
sentence; composition; text; the literary arts (as opposed to the military arts); academia; statement
May; fifth month of the lunar calendar
all countries; the whole world; universal; all nations
newsprint; newspaper used for wrapping, packing, etc.; newspaper
to be placed on; to be set on; to be piled on; to appear (in print); to be mentioned; to be recorded
riches; wealth; resources; lottery
quotient; dealing; dealer; second degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); Shang dynasty (China, approx. 1600-1046 BCE); Yin dynasty
mark; guide; purpose; aim; sight (on a firearm)
to set up shop; to open a store
pioneer; trailblazer; leader; groundbreaker; pathfinder; forerunner
joint; knuckle; tune; melody; knot (in wood); node in a bamboo stem
Grand Council of State (1868-1885 CE); Department of State (under the ritsuryo system)
foreigner; foreign citizen; foreign national; alien; non-Japanese
permission; approval; authorization; to permit; to authorize
due form; official; formality
ought to have been; was ... right?; to do for (inferiors)
to give birth to; to drop (a calf, foal, etc.); to lay (an egg)
death from disease; death from illness
bringing up; rearing; upbringing
absorption; giving undivided attention; devoting oneself (to)
dying of illness; dying of natural causes
apprenticeship; probation; learning by observation; apprentice; trainee; probationer
management; administration; operation; running (business); conducting
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
opposition; resistance; antagonism; reverse; opposite; inverse
elopement; running away with a lover
to walk around; to travel around
Shizuoka (city, prefecture)
company; corporation; workplace
clerk; secretary; writing down; putting on record
married couple; husband and wife; man and wife; his and hers; pair of objects, one larger (for man), one smaller (for woman)
one daughter; eldest daughter; first-born daughter