course (of events); development; progress; market order; order without limit
Bizen (former province located in the southeast of present-day Okayama Prefecture)
babysitting; babysitter; protecting; keeping; keeper
popular name; common name; nickname; alias
at once; immediately; right now
(arch.) inspector (third highest of the four administrative ranks of the ritsuryo system); (noh) old man; white ash (of charcoal)
this and that; one thing or another
to tidy up; to put in order; to settle (problem); to clear (dispute); to finish; to bring something to an end
Tokugawa Ieyasu (1543.1.31-1616.6.1), Shougun 1603-1605
holding (a conference, exhibition, etc.); opening; hosting (e.g. the Olympics)
acknowledgement; acknowledgment; understanding (e.g. "please be understanding of the mess during our renovation"); noting; acceptance
principle; aim; purport; gist; instructions; orders
to take a breath; to take a short rest
without losing time (e.g. to do); without even time for (doing something)
followers; subordinates; being under someone's command
pleasant; delightful; enjoyable; joyful; cheerful; amusing
tedium; boredom; dullness; to feel bored; to get bored with; to get tired of
to be too much for one; to find unmanageable; to be beyond one's control; to not know what to do with
soft to the touch (e.g. fur, feathers); fluffy; to stroke (something fluffy); to rub; to pat
to get tired of; to lose interest in; to be fed up with; to have enough
calm and collected; with composure; having enough and to spare
to go out (e.g. on an excursion or outing); to leave; to depart; to be about to leave; to be just going out
to waste time; to kill time
in hand; on hand; on one; handheld
three (long cylindrical things); three-of-a-kind (in a dealt hand)
indigenous people; native people; aborigines
century; era; of the century (e.g. fight of the century)
compression; condensation; constriction; compaction
ignition; lighting; firing; setting off
form; method; system; formula
live coals (for firelighting); cause (of disturbance, conflict, etc.); trigger
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.)
knack; skill; bone; skeleton; cremated remains (esp. the bones); ashes
carrying (on one's person or in the hand); mobile phone; cell phone
good-natured; kind; good-quality