errand; mission; messenger; bearer; familiar spirit; use
brat; kid; urchin; preta; hungry ghost
to respond; to answer; to meet (e.g. demands, expectations); to affect; to take a toll; to strike home
suffix for familiar person
where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent
between-meal snack; mid-afternoon (around 3 o'clock) snack; afternoon refreshment; afternoon tea
3 o'clock; afternoon snack (eaten around 3 o'clock); three ages of Buddhism (following the death of Gautama Buddha; age of the true law, age of the copied law, and age of the degeneration of the law); three ages of the dharma
after (practically) no time; immediately after; just; having no time to
time; (the) hour; favourable time; opportunity; chance
yes; that is correct; um; errr; huh?; grrr
name; given name; first name
from here; from this place
such ... as; or some such
railway crossing; railroad crossing; starting line; scratch; determination; stepping over the edge of the ring
to call for somebody; to come for someone; to pick someone up
to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen
door (Western-style, car, etc.)
to use (a thing, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend
human experiment; human experimentation; experiment on a living person
as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that...; trying to...
(medical) doctor; physician
expert; learned person; doctor; PhD; instructor at the imperial court (ritsuryo period); pitch and length marks (to accompany a Buddhist liturgical chant, etc.)
nth son; lang; official title in ancient China; (arch.) man; (arch.) young man; (arch.) my husband
fat; fatty; grand; magnificent; excellent
last (i.e. immediately preceding); previous; pre- (e.g. premodern); before; before; earlier
contagious disease; communicable disease; transmissible disease; infectious disease; epidemic
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
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
unusual; rare; new; novel; fine (e.g. gift)
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
Kshitigarbha (bodhisattva who looks over children, travellers and the underworld); Ksitigarbha; Jizō
Institute of Infectious Diseases
research establishment; research institute; laboratory
surely; undoubtedly; sternly; severely; having no slack; rigid
(for something) to have occurred; to have done (something); (for something) to happen on occasion
to take (someone) with one; to bring along; to go with; to be accompanied by
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
to hit; to strike; to strike (noon, etc.); to sound (cymbals, etc.); to beat (rhythmically, e.g. pulse, waves, etc.); to move; to impress