author; writer; novelist; artist
Qing dynasty (China, 1644-1912); Ch'ing dynasty; Manchu dynasty
teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder
hobby; pastime; tastes; preference; liking
lush mountain; green mountain; grave; burial place
Mr; Mrs; clan; he; him; counter for people
town; block; street; road; 109.09 m; 0.99 hectares
greeting; greetings; speech (congratulatory or appreciative); address; reply; response; revenge
Mainichi Shimbun (newspaper)
photograph; photo; picture; moving picture; movie
department (in an organization); division; club; part; component; category
accompanying; travelling together; traveling together; same bank
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
real thing; original; actual
very; extremely; extreme; excessive; splendid; impressive
schoolyard; playground; school grounds; campus
street stall; stand; booth
quotient; dealing; dealer; second degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); Shang dynasty (China, approx. 1600-1046 BCE); Yin dynasty
ryokan; traditional inn; Japanese-style lodging, usu. professionally-run
party; banquet; reception; feast; dinner
company; lot; bunch; troupe; company (of musicians)
symposium; round-table discussion
insertion; letter drop; things sent to a prisoner; supply of provisions, refreshments, etc. to someone carrying out a task
you; buddy; monarch; ruler; he; she
to draw (a line); to demarcate; to mark; to plan
art; craft; accomplishment; artistic skill; technique; performance
very; much; greatly; a lot of
to get drunk; to become intoxicated; to feel sick (e.g. in a vehicle); to become nauseated; to be elated; to be exalted
twenty-fifth day of the month; twenty-five days
six o'clock; six periods of a day (morning, midday, afternoon, evening, midnight, late night)
rising (from one's bed); getting up; getting out of bed
guidance; leading (the way); information; notice; announcement (of one's arrival); invitation
sluice gate; water gate; flood gate
electric line; electric cable; power cable; telephone line; telegraph wire
precisely; exactly; plumb; damn; stupid; cursed
fish of the genus Rhinogobius; dusky tripletooth goby (Tridentiger obscurus); common freshwater goby (Gymnogobius urotaenia); Japanese fluvial sculpin (fish, Cottus pollux)