people (of a country); nation; citizen; national
study of the English language as a means to acquire Western knowledge (esp. after the end of Japan's period of isolation); English literature; British studies
night school; evening school; evening class; night study
short and stout; small but wide around
forming a chow by picking up a tile discarded by another player
remote mountain; mountain recesses
electrical machinery; appliances
impregnable castle; inner castle citadel; golden castle (nickname for Nagoya Castle)
diffusion; spread; popularization; promulgation; familiarization
preparatory school (for entrance examinations); cram school; cramming school
drying rice on a rack; rack for drying rice
to attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry
since the beginning; natural-born (salesman, etc.); absolutely (not); (not) at all
blindness in one eye; having one eye much bigger than the other; someone blind in one eye; someone with one eye much bigger than the other
lameness; cripple; mismatched pair (of shoes, etc.)
another (person); the other person; one more (person)
hair; fur; wool; down; plumage
grandfather (may be used after name as honorific); male senior-citizen (may be used after name as honorific)
provocation; stirring up; arousal; excitement; stimulation
to gulp down (a drink); to slurp
high spirits; boastful talk
sea air; sea breeze; ocean and atmosphere; type of yarn-dyed silk goods
one's father; one's old man; middle-aged (or older) man; old man; one's boss; proprietor (of a restaurant, store, etc.)
to care for someone; to look after someone
one-hundredth; 0.3 mm (one-hundredth of a sun); 0.1 percent (one-hundredth of a wari); rin (monetary unit; 0.001 yen)
to miss a meal; to lose the means to make one's livelihood
unique; peculiar; singular
field of early-blooming (or ripening) rice
number of words a person speaks; number of dependents; number of mouths to feed; number of shares, items, applications, etc.
control; management; supervision
space on a page (e.g. in a newspaper); surface of paper; letter; writings
to scribble (write quickly); to dash off