few; little; small (amount); low; scarce; insufficient
what with A and B; such things as A and B; A and B and so on; denotes uncertainty
hero; the brave; man of valour (valor)
Satan; the Devil; the Prince of Darkness; king of the demons who try to prevent people from doing good
unity; consolidation; uniformity; unification; compatible
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
manner; way; appearance; air; custom; convention; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
to have a feeling (that); to have a sensation (that)
extermination; elimination; renouncing worldly desires (in order to concentrate on Buddhist teachings); curing (an illness)
to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)
outward appearance; exterior appearance; outward show; looks
chonmage; topknot hairstyle worn by men in the Edo period, and sumo wrestlers today; please do (for me)
kimono; Japanese traditional clothing (esp. full-length); clothing; clothes
to wear (from the shoulders down); to put on; to take (the blame, responsibility); to bear
while (one is at it); when; on the occasion of; at the same time (as); on one's way (to); by the way
(arch.) poor; (arch.) unskillful; (arch.) clumsy; I; me
person; -er; (arch.) expert; (arch.) geisha; (arch.) prostitute
punishment; judgement; judgment; decapitation
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 begin to say; to start talking; to broach (a matter); to be the first to say; to suggest (doing); to propose
to struggle; to writhe; to wriggle; to act frantically; to make desperate efforts
civilization; civilisation; culture; Bunmei era (1469.4.28-1487.7.20)
exchange (e.g. cultural); interchange; interaction; alternating current; AC
joy; delight; rapture; pleasure; gratification; rejoicing
westernization; westernisation
beautiful; pretty; lovely; sweet; pure (heart, friendship, etc.)
culture; civilization; civilisation; Bunka era (1804.2.11-1818.4.22)
to drink; to swallow; to smoke (tobacco); to swallow up; to engulf; to suppress (one's anger, bitter feelings, etc.); to keep down
modernization; modernisation
disliking; not wanting; unpleasant; disagreeable; no!; quit it!
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
subtle; delicate; difficult; complex; doubtful; questionable
at present; currently; so far; for now; for the time being
somehow; for some reason; without knowing why
standard item; usual thing; (a) classic; basic item (with stable demand); staple goods
no matter how you look at it; no matter how you slice it; clearly; obviously; surely; without a doubt
unnatural; artificial; affected; strained
Japanese style; Japanesque; Japanism
Zipangu (the name for Japan used by Marco Polo)
sword (esp. Japanese single-edged); katana; scalpel; chisel; burin; knife money (knife-shaped commodity money used in ancient China)
perhaps; possibly; maybe; by some chance