wise; sensible; well-advised; intelligent; sagacious; prudent
warm (treatment, reception, etc.); kind; cordial; hospitable; courteous; respectful
guarantee; security; assurance; pledge; warranty
to refuse; to reject; to inform; to give notice; to ask leave; to excuse oneself (from)
same period; corresponding period; same year (of graduation, entering a company, etc.); contemporary; synchronization; synchronism
close (e.g. friend); familiar; familiar (e.g. story); well-known (to one); close (relatives); closely related
your home; your family; their home; (my) home
picture; drawing; painting; image (TV, film, etc.); picture; footage
to win the prize; to win the ring
to do completely; to do accidentally; to do without meaning to; to happen to do
to intimidate; to frighten; to scare; to threaten (e.g. peace); to jeopardize; to endanger
forcibly; against one's will
one lump; one body; one group
shumai; shaomai; steamed meat dumpling (Chinese-style)
manjū; steamed yeast bun with filling
transactions; dealings; business
evasion; excuse; subterfuge; runaround
fiscal year (usu. April 1 to March 31 in Japan); financial year; academic year; school year; product year
account book; register; ledger
secret accounts; unauthorized accounting; under-the-counter accounting
to change; to swap; to change the object of one's interest or focus; to spend or take time; to infect; to permeate something with the smell or colour of something; to move on to the next or different stage of (a plan, etc.)
to try to unsettle someone; to throw off balance
imitating; copying; mimicry; behavior; behaviour; action
negligence; carelessness; inattention; unpreparedness
change; alteration; substitute; rate of exchange
as many as one likes; as much as one likes; great many; plenty; almost (none); (not) much
lunch; noon; midday; daytime; waking up; getting up
udon; thick Japanese wheat noodles
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
new; neo-; newness; novelty; Gregorian calendar; Xin dynasty (China, 9-23 CE)
storehouse; warehouse; godown
even so (expressing frustration, etc.); still
convenient; favorable; favourable; expedient; expedience
gō; traditional unit of volume, approx. 0.1804 litres; gō; traditional unit of area, approx 0.33 metres square; one-tenth of the way from the base to the summit of a mountain; conjunction; sum
to build up; to establish; to form; to become (a state); to accomplish; to achieve; to change into
onigiri; rice ball (often triangular, sometimes with a filling and wrapped in nori)
to project; to protrude; to pop out (e.g. eyes); to jump out; to rush out
one game (of go, shogi, etc.); one board (go, shogi, etc.); one office (of a broadcasting station, post office, etc.)
at one's feet; underfoot; gait; pace; most recent; current