once; one time; one round; one game; one bout; one heat
every month; each month; monthly
advance payment; money paid in advance
to pay (e.g. money, bill); to brush off; to wipe away; to drive away (e.g. one's competitors); to sell off (something unneeded); to dispose of; to pay (e.g. attention)
stipulation; prescription; provision; regulation; rule
to be foolish; to be stupid; to be ridiculous
clumsy; awkward; tactless; awkward (e.g. socially); (arch.) mean; (arch.) cowardly
March; third month of the lunar calendar
pitiful; unfortunate; poor; unpardonable; regrettable
to be ruined (reduced to poverty); to fall low; to go under; to come to ruin
applicant; candidate; person interested in doing something; person wanting to do something; interested party; volunteer
entertainer (esp. in a traditional art); performer; artiste; talented person; accomplished person
vulgar; indecent; coarse; crude
to side with (someone); to support (someone)
authority; expert; counter for messages, letters, notes, documents, etc.; understanding (esp. of male-female relations); tact; supernatural powers
admission; joining; enrollment; enrolment
straight (from one place to another); going right onto; on the way; simultaneously; incidentally; directly
frontage; width (of a building, plot of land, etc.); breadth (e.g. of one's knowledge); scope (e.g. of one's work); range
organ (musical instrument)
row; line; company (of someone); group; sequence; counter for rows
to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)
noisy; loud; boisterous; turbulent; unsettled; restless
gait; walk; stride; trace (e.g. of route taken by hunted criminal); track; trail
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
starting point for an ascent (mountain, stairs, etc.); base (of mountain, etc.)
Keiō era (1865.4.7-1868.9.8)
in swarms; in clusters; tediously; slowly
staringly; scrutinizing; scrutinising
flat; level; flat (e.g. in 10 seconds flat); exactly; flat; flat
yueqin (4-stringed Chinese lute)
under one's arm; (in) the armpit
to harmonize with; to keep in tune with; to go along with; to keep in step
string (of a shamisen, etc.); stringed instrument
bowstring; string (of a shamisen, etc.); stringed instrument; chord; hypotenuse
bits and pieces; frizzily (as in perm)
to ring; to sound; to be popular; to be esteemed; to state; to insist
student; student who performs housework in exchange for meals and lodging; houseboy (attending school or university)