classification; sorting (out); grouping; assortment journalizing (in bookkeeping)
person in charge (of an area of work, etc.); person responsible; contact (person)
good offices; auspices; sponsorship; village official (during the Edo period)
guarantee of safety; ensuring safety
bringing; taking; carrying
basin (e.g. between mountains)
to pull apart; to separate; to draw; to tie (a game)
second grade; second step; second act (in jōruri, noh, kabuki, etc.); third highest division; makushita division
to scale (mountain, flight of stairs, etc.)
depending on; dependent upon; relying on
to negotiate (with someone about); to talk over (something with); to tackle someone (about); to throw on each other; to splash (water) on each other; to pour on each other
(with) only the clothes one happens to wear; (with) only the clothes on one's back; (still) wearing the same clothes as before (e.g. before falling asleep)
(something) so small; so little; trifling
quitting while one is ahead; running from a rematch after one has won
management of an organization; organizational management; organizational operation
gradual (destruction); progressive (dismantlement)
to jump up; to leap up; to spring up
selection; making a choice; sifting; decision to adopt or reject
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
ripeness; mellowness; maturity
stumbling; failure; misstep; setback
herbivorous; plant-eating; graminivorous
jumble; hodgepodge; potpourri; heterogenous mixture
steady; honest; sober; straightforward; reliable
sweetish; somewhat sweet; somewhat lenient; kind of optimistic
reduction; decrease; subtraction; (arch.) reduction of penalty (under the ritsuryō codes)
exhausted; worn out; battered (esp. of clothing); worn out; (boiling) to a pulp; to a mash
food (esp. staple food such as rice or wheat); provisions; rations; food supply
perfect score; full marks; perfect; entirely satisfactory; excellent