to be (animate); to be; to be ..ing; to (have the audacity to) do
to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)
education; schooling; training; culture; cultivation; education
thoroughness; completeness; consistency; thorough enforcement; seeing to it that a policy, etc. is carried out without exception
to raise; to raise up; to wake; to wake up; to cause; to bring about; to start
self-confidence; confidence (in oneself)
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to hug; to have (a thought or feeling); to hold; to harbour (suspicion, doubt, etc.)
severe; strict; hard (to do); difficult; intense (e.g. cold); harsh (weather)
chief; head (of an office, of a laboratory)
order; command; decree; (software) instruction; statement
chain; chaining; connection; (genetic) linkage
foot; paw; leg; gait; pace; bottom structural component (i.e. radical) of a kanji; means of transportation
lock; padlock; tablet; lozenge; pill
unprecedented; unparalleled; unparallelled
measure; step; dealing with; medical treatment
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
moreover; furthermore; nevertheless; and yet
special; particular; extraordinary; exceptional; especial
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
solid; firm; stout; burly; strong; sturdy
heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling); depressed; slow; sluggish; important (position, responsibility, etc.)
kan (obs. unit of weight, approx. 3.75 kg, 8.3 lb); kan (obs. unit of currency, equiv. to 1000 mon in the Edo period; col. 10 mon in the Meiji period); counter for pieces of sushi; 10 points; 12 points
monme (unit of weight, 3.75 g); monme; Edo period silver coin worth between 1/50th-1/80th of a ryō
satisfaction; contentment; sufficient; satisfactory; satisfying (an equation)
minute (unit of time); fun (one tenth of a monme, 5.787 grains)
to turn back; to go back; to come back; to return; to retrace one's steps
document; official papers
Aomori prefecture (Tōhoku area)
robber; mugger; robbery; burglary
history of; experience of
to write down; to note; to jot down; to remember
crime; criminal act; offence; offense