development; growth; development (of a situation, story, etc.); advancement; playing around (sexually; esp. of a male homosexual); having an active sex life
securing; obtaining; ensuring; belay; belaying
to plan; to attempt; to plot; to conspire; to aim for; to strive for
tiny amount of money; a penny; one letter; one character; one mon (unit of currency)
clipping (of newspaper article, etc.); cutting; cut-out (picture, coloured paper, etc.); clip (from a video); video clip
science; learning; scholarship; arts and sciences; academic pursuits
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
hack; inferior horse; inferior person; incapable person
three kinds; three varieties
general classification; broad categorization
blotched snakehead (Channa maculata); northern snakehead (Channa argus)
kaya (Torreya nucifera); Japanese nutmeg tree
water flea (Daphnia spp.)
Japanese royal fern (Osmunda japonica); Asian royal fern; flowering fern
sentence; composition; text; the literary arts (as opposed to the military arts); academia; statement
Kyōhō era (1716.6.22-1736.4.28)
Kansei era (1789.1.25-1801.2.5)
degree (angle, temperature, scale, etc.); counter for occurrences; strength (of glasses); glasses prescription; alcohol content (percentage); alcohol by volume; extent
local specialty or souvenir bought as a gift while travelling; present brought by a visitor; something unpleasant that one is given (e.g. an illness while on vacation); unwelcome gift
round coin with a (square) hole in the center; coin made of non-precious materials; money
Ise (former province located in the major part of present-day Mie Prefecture and parts of Aichi and Gifu prefectures); Ise (city)
advantage; benefit; profit; interest
rich person; millionaire; magnate; big spender; debauchee
dog (Canis (lupus) familiaris); canine; squealer; rat; loser; asshole
Five Dynasties (of China; 907-979)
command; order; dictation; nth year in the Reiwa era (May 1, 2019-)
Greater East Asian War (1941-1945); Pacific War
abundant; plentiful; rich; ample
to suit; to match; to become; to be like
Hōei era (1704.3.13-1711.4.25)
to abolish; to abandon; to repeal; to dethrone; to depose
reaction; recoil; kick; backlash
turning away from; shift away from; being far removed from; being very different from; becoming independent of
entering the rainy season; beginning of the rainy season
cute; adorable; dear; precious; innocent; childlike
intimacy; affection; familiarity
to get dark; to grow dark; to end (of a day, year, season, etc.); to come to an end; to be sunk in (e.g. despair); to be lost in (e.g. thought)
fifth month of the lunar calendar; satsuki azalea (Rhododendron indicum)