errand; mission; messenger; bearer; familiar spirit; use
to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
plectrum; pick; drumstick for Japanese drums (e.g. taiko)
cloudiness; cloudy weather; fog (on a mirror, glasses, etc.); cloud (e.g. in marble); gloom; dejection
to catch sight of; to come into view; to happen to see
natural water; untreated water; spring water
PET bottle (clear plastic beverage bottle)
printing; typing; printed character; typed character; character(s) carved onto a seal
letter (of alphabet); character; writing
to hide; to keep to oneself
to live; to make a living; to get on with
dispatch; despatch; transmission; informing (e.g. of opinion); sharing (thoughts, etc.); telling
to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)
aeroplane; airplane; aircraft
shintai; object of worship believed to contain the spirit of a deity, typically housed in a shrine
to assume the posture of praying; to press the palms and fingers of both hands together; to beg; to make a supplication; to see (something or someone of high status)
to be reflected in a mirror
debut; doing something for the first time; starting anew; starting afresh
November; eleventh month of the lunar calendar
source (e.g. quotation); authority
compilation (of a text); editing; volume (of a text); completed literary work
library; book collection; paperback book
official certification; official approval; certification examination; licensing examination; hypothesis testing
(ancient) Japan; Yamato (former province located in present-day Nara Prefecture)
study; library; bookstore; bookshop; publishing company
earnestly; immediately; exactly
deviation; inclination; offset; polarization; polarisation
arranged; taken care of; settled; completed; finished
temple; shrine; hall; company; (arch.) front room
winds and clouds; nature; the elements; situation; state of affairs
hut; house; boarding house; school dormitory; (arch.) one day's march (approx. 12.2 km)
(sudden) change; reversal; turn-around; coming from behind (baseball)
crane (any bird of the family Gruidae, esp. the red-crowned crane, Grus japonensis)
culture; civilization; civilisation; Bunka era (1804.2.11-1818.4.22)