country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); province (of Japan)
to hesitate to say; to mumble; to hem and haw; to falter
to urge; to encourage; to press; to stimulate (e.g. growth); to hasten (e.g. development); to quicken
foreigner; stranger; outsider; alien
to sell; to betray; to sell out (one's friend, country, etc.); to make (oneself) known; to establish (a reputation) for oneself; to pick (a fight, quarrel, etc.)
to some degree; up to a point; to some extent
progress; advance; making (good) progress
space; room; unused land; room (for reconsideration, doubt, etc.); leeway; margin
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
search; lookup; hunt; (item of) research; exploration; investigation
to get; to earn; to understand; to comprehend; to receive something undesirable (e.g. a punishment); to get (ill)
synthesis; combination; general; combined; synthesis; colligation
conclusion (of an argument, discussion, study, etc.); conclusion
ground fault; earth fault
course; route; path; process; stages
start; beginning; first step; clue
extraction; abstraction; selection (from a group); sampling
counter for thin, flat objects (e.g. sheets of paper, plates, coins); counter for portions of gyōza or soba; counter for ranks; counter for wrestlers of a particular rank; counter for fields or rice paddies; counter for palanquin bearers
vermillion (colour); cinnabar; vermillion (pigment); cinnabar ink stick; correction written in red ink
to capture a silver general; to desilverize; to desilverise
to line up; to set up; to enumerate; to itemize; to be equal (to); to compare well (with)
one (thin, flat object); one sheet
small (of a grain or berry, etc.); small (in stature); limited (in abilities)
silver (Ag); silver (color); silver (medal, prize, etc.); silver coin; silver general; bank; (arch.) money
south wind tile; winning hand with a pung (or kong) of south wind tiles
(please) try to; (please) look; seeing; looking
approximately; about; promise; appointment; shortening; reduction
An'ei era (1772.11.16-1781.4.2)
first year; early years (of a reign or era)
sudden rise; sharp rise; boom; skyrocketing
purpose; goal; aim; objective; intention; motive
to cast; to mint; to coin
at that time; in those days
stability; steadiness; consistency; stable
to be useful; to be helpful; to serve the purpose
not only ... but (also); as well as ...
good-quality; superior in quality
as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from ... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that ...; trying to ...
to carry around; to carry on one's person
convenient; handy; useful
general; universal; ordinary; average; (arch.) the same; (arch.) no different