birth; birthplace; born in (country, month, imperial era, zodiac year, etc.)
charge; duty; person in charge; official; clerk
Ratnasambhava; The Jewel-born (a dhyani-Buddha)
armpit; under one's arm; beside; close to; aside; to the side; off-track
leader; authority; mainstay
entering an institution; beginning training; primer; manual; introduction (to)
domestic and foreign; inside and outside the country
production (e.g. play); direction
performance; appearance (in a stage, film, TV show, etc.)
side; edge; beside; while (doing); in addition to; at the same time
temple elementary school (during the Edo period)
studying abroad; travelling to study; traveling to study
cram school; private tutoring school; juku
every region of the country; all corners of the country; nationwide
attempt; trial; experiment; endeavour (endeavor); effort; venture
to grapple with; to wrestle with; to engage in a bout; to tackle (e.g. a problem); to come to grips with; to work hard on
device; contrivance; trick; trap; (small) scale; half finished; commencement
tide; current; sea water; opportunity; chance; thin soup of fish or shellfish boiled in seawater
new book; 17x11 cm paperback book
light; faint; pale; fleeting
company; association; regional Chinese god of the earth (or a village built in its honour); counter for companies, shrines, etc.
district; section; sector
tree; shrub; bush; wood; timber
joint authorship; co-authorship; collaboration; joint work
change of tone; variation (music); irregularity; modulation (in radio)
omen (usu. good); (auspicious) sign; first two anniversaries of a person's death