meeting; gathering; village assembly; two wrestlers approaching each other
meandering; snaking; zigzagging
new work; new book; new publication; newly published book
chorus; singing in a chorus
because of; on account of; regarding; per; apiece
to say; to tell (somebody); to state
instantly; immediately; equals; means; oneness (of two opposing things); inseparability
suffix appended to somebody else's family members
live-in domestic service; live-in apprenticeship; public duty; public service
honorific affix; honorific prefix
old poem (esp. waka); old song
field of vision; view; one's outlook (e.g. on life); one's horizons
speech; tongue; dialect; brogue; bento; Japanese box lunch; petal
I'm sorry; my apologies; may I come in?; permission; leave; dismissal
to weaken; to grow weak; to be downcast; to be dejected; to be troubled; to be at a loss
prefix for forming ordinal numbers
waterway; channel; wake (of a ship)
representation; agency; proxy; deputy; agent; attorney
political operations; (Heian Period) political operations and ceremonies of the Imperial Court; (Edo Period) civil suit
modern Japanese (as spoken in Japan after the Middle Ages); Meiji and Taishō period modern Japanese
official business; public business
to be (animate); to be; to be ..ing; to (have the audacity to) do
to promise; to abridge; to simplify; to reduce
furthermore; again; after all; more and more; moreover; even more
corruption; bastardisation
still; yet; more; still more; as ...; like ...
needless to say; obviously; of course
starvation; famine; hunger
to decrease (in size or number); to diminish; to abate
notice; attention; observation
knowledge; awareness; consent; acceptance; forgiving; pardoning
concatenation; coupling; connection; linking; consolidation (e.g. of company accounts)
feminine man; effeminate man; masculine woman; mannish woman
older sister and younger brother
paper (in rock-paper-scissors); disappearing completely; coming to nought; foolishness; stupidity
grandfather; old man; kyogen mask used for the role of an old man