higher rank; better position
reigning; controlling; dictating
salary; pay; medical care; treatment; advance preparation
appropriate; suitable; fitting; apt; proper; right
to remove; to deinstall; to take away; to set apart
both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold
discomfort; inconvenience; poverty; want; inability; disability
suspension; stoppage; discontinuance; interruption
to charm; to bewitch; to enchant; to captivate; to fascinate
living thing; organism; creature; biology
being bombed; being A-bombed; being nuked; being exposed to radiation (from an atomic blast)
ignoring; acting as if it is nothing
tough; strong; stiff; tenacious
vitality; (one's) life force
sensitive (person, heart, etc.); delicate (issue, problem, etc.); sensitive; fragile; delicate; delicate (fabric, shade, flavour, etc.)
the six historical styles of writing kanji: large seal, small seal, clerical, triangular-swept clerical, running, and cursive
process; operation; stage of a process; progress of work
omni-directional (microphone, etc.); nondirectional
release; emission; ejection
poor excuse (of a); nearly non-existent; barely sufficient; token (effort, etc.); symbolic
even; if only; if just; as long as; the only thing needed
partly burned charcoal; (arch.) servant boy at a brothel or teahouse
picking out; taking out; (surgical) removal; exposure
string; cord; man who is financially dependent on a woman; gigolo; restrictions; conditions
awfully; frightfully; desperately; violently; unduly; extremely
small household fly (e.g. fruit fly)
to build up; to establish; to form; to become (a state); to accomplish; to achieve; to change into
rope; cord; policeman's rope
in all; in total; collectively; in addition; besides; at the same time
ranking equal with; comparing favourably with; comparing favorably with
apparent; obvious; very clear
intuition; instinct; insight; hunch; immediacy
beyond one's control; nothing one can do
to detach; to decapitate; to cut loose; to let loose; to dismember
permeation (of thought, ideology, culture, etc.); infiltration (e.g. of ideas); permeation (of a liquid, etc.); soaking; osmosis
on the contrary; far from it; if anything; in fact; instead
a help; an aid; some assistance
to set free; to let go; to release; to miss (e.g. a chance); to lose; to let get away
(sink) deeply (into mud, snow, etc.); (thrust) deeply (into a soft object); (involved) too deeply (in a matter, relationship, etc.); drenched; soaked; (arch.) extremely (drunk)
yours sincerely; respectfully yours
game of make-believe; child's play; pretend play