to be precocious; to be mature for one's age; to seem grown-up; to seem mature
to make muddy (of a liquid); to make cloudy; to make turbid; to make ambiguous; to evade (e.g. the point); to be noncommittal about
jealousy; roasted rice cake
the Emperor; His Majesty; the government; the authorities; proprietress; hostess
to pick up; to adopt (e.g. a proposal); to accept; to take away; to confiscate; to deliver (a baby)
person; -er; (arch.) expert; (arch.) geisha; (arch.) prostitute
society; the world; the times
structure; construction; arrangement; plan; plot; contrivance
work (e.g. of art); production; harvest; cultivation; technique
dot; spot; mark (in an exam, etc.); grade; point (in a game); score; point (in geometry)
fence; paling; railing; (arch.) fortress
lower-ranking vassal in the Kamakura and Edo periods
praying mantis (esp. the narrow-winged mantis, Tenodera angustipennis)
to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)
riverbank; riverside; market on the riverbank (esp. fish market); place (for activities); venue
shipping agent; boathouse; inn for sailors
to be crowded (with); to be packed; to be piled up (of work); to be busy (with)
ship; boat; tank; tub; counter for boat-shaped containers (e.g. of sashimi)
stake; post; pile; (arch.) stump
to form a line; to queue up; to line up
fishing; gathering seafood (e.g. clams, seaweed); catch (e.g. of fish); haul
to connect; to link together; to tie; to fasten; to maintain; to preserve
class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate
to face on; to look out on to
angle; square; cube; bishop; third degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); Chinese "horn" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); jiao (monetary unit of China; one-tenth of a yuan)
to dress stylishly; to joke; to play on words
to put up (a notice, sign, etc.); to hang out (e.g. a banner); to hold up high; to raise overhead; to tout (a principle, plan, etc.); to herald; to publish
(in the) style of a gate; gate-equipped (house, shop, etc.); kanji "gate" radical (radical 169)
elbowroom; leeway; room; reserve; margin; allowance
entrance; front door; entryway; entranceway; entry hall; vestibule
reasonably; fairly; hurriedly; in a rush; approximately; about
engawa; external corridor on the outer side of traditional Japanese houses; bone at the base of a fin; meat at the base of a fin (esp. of a flatfish)
proximity; nearness; soon; nearby