financial power; financial means; wealth
motive power; driving force
wife; your wife; his wife; married lady; madam
on the way; en route; in the middle of; midway; halfway
to be anxious or concerned about; to ponder (anxiously); to fear; to investigate; to consider; to plan
invisibly; secretly; privately
reason; significance; cause; piece of information that one has heard; I hear that ...; it is said that ...
lightweight fabric or clothing; silk gauze; thin silk; Latin (language)
strife; riot; (media) uproar; brouhaha; feud; tussle
when one was a very young child; very early in one's life
to look up to (a person) as one's preceptor
disciple; pupil; follower
to be brought forward (e.g. by three hours); to be moved up; to be hasty; to be rash; to quicken; to speed up
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
indicates two contrasting actions; (arch.) indicates possessive (often found in place names and compound words)
to raise; to bring to (someone's attention); to appeal to (reason, emotions, etc.); to work on (one's emotions); to complain; to sue (a person)
instantly; immediately; equals; means; oneness (of two opposing things); inseparability
wisdom; wit; sagacity; prajna (insight leading to enlightenment)
slowly; quietly; steadily; soon; momentarily; before long
ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pile (of noodles, etc.); bullet
Japanese league; ri; neighbourhood (under the ritsuryo system; orig. of 50 homes); unit of area (approx. 654m by 654m)
mistake; error; accident; mishap; improper conduct (e.g. between man and woman); indiscretion
to connect; to link together; to tie; to fasten; to maintain; to preserve
to bend down; to bow down; to prostrate oneself; to hide oneself
education; training; discipline
this occasion; at this time; now
to cancel; to withdraw; to retract; to take back (words, etc.); to revoke
wise; sagacious; intelligent; sensible
to be; to exist; to be (honorific copula)
please; kindly; I beg of you; by all means; without fail
last drink (of sake); last glass; last cup
noisy; boisterous; turbulent (era, etc.); troubled
kawaraban (type of Edo-period single-page newspaper)
curse; divine punishment; wrath (of an angry spirit)
swaying; swinging; rocking; shaking; wavering; flickering
to rise up (e.g. pillar of smoke); to go up
tenacity; persistence; obsession; implacability
flame; blaze; flames (of intense emotion, e.g. love, jealousy, anger); passion
root (of a plant); root (of a tooth, hair, etc.); center (of a pimple, etc.); root (of all evil, etc.); source; one's true nature
leaf; blade (of grass); (pine) needle
world; society; people; the public