divide into four pieces; one fourth
traveller; traveler; wayfarer; tourist
warm welcome; friendly reception; hospitality; entertainment
to sell (well); to be well known; to be popular; to be famous
secrecy; confidentiality; privacy; one's circumstances (esp. fiscal)
reeling in by hand; winding by hand; transport by passing from hand to hand (e.g. in a bucket brigade); passing along a human chain; arrangements; managing
odd; strange; queer; peculiar
for a long time; since long ago; from childhood; bright and early; early in the morning
covered in mud; mud-caked
to take out; to carry out; to bring out from where it belongs; to mention something; to broach a topic; to bring up (a subject)
price; cost; value; worth; value
will; volition; intention; intent; determination
every year; yearly; annually
working earnestly; sincerity; diligence; effort; pains
to load (a gun, etc.); to charge; to put into (e.g. emotion, effort); to include (e.g. tax in a sales price); to hang over; to shroud
labour; labor; effort; toil; trouble
to snatch away; to dispossess; to steal
postal delivery; mail delivery; postman; mailman
seventh day of the month; seven days
to throw down; to throw out; to abandon; to resign; to give freely; to give generously
on the occasion of; at the time of
retainer; vassal; servant
tea (usu. green); tea break (at work); tea ceremony
postcard; memo; note; card
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
photograph; photo; picture; moving picture; movie
to smash; to crush; to shut down; to put out of business; to wreck; to break; to butcher
quiet; calm; easily; comfortably; distant; far-off
mail service; postal service; mail; mail; postal matter; postal items
temple kitchen; monastery kitchen; quarters of a head priest (and his family)
preceptor or high priest (esp. in Zen or Pure Land Buddhism); preceptor or high priest (in Tendai or Kegon Buddhism); preceptor or high priest (in Shingon, Hosso, Ritsu or Shin Buddhism); second highest priestly rank in Buddhism; monk (esp. the head monk of a temple); master (of one's art, trade, etc.)
preceptor or high priest (esp. in Zen or Pure Land Buddhism); second highest priestly rank in Buddhism; monk (esp. the head monk of a temple); master (of one's art, trade, etc.)
draining basket (traditionally made of bamboo); colander; something full of holes; zaru soba; strong drinker; someone who can drink like a fish
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
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)
end; verge; extremity; miss; failure; blank (e.g. lottery ticket)
department; section; course (of study); branch of study; (taxonomical) family