important; essential; significant; major; key; principal
quantity; amount; volume; number; amount of money
handicraft; work; construction; maneuvering; manoeuvring
(political) power; authority; influence
surface; face (i.e. the visible side of an object); front (of a building, etc.); obverse side (i.e. "head") of a coin; outside; exterior; appearance
financial world; business circles
to be related; to be connected; to be joined together; to result in; to lead to; to bring about
large country; major nation; great power; province of the highest rank (ritsuryō system)
president (of a country); big man; boss; buddy
direct control; direct supervision
to employ; to hire; to take on; to charter (a car, boat, etc.); to hire
active duty; active service; student taking (university) entrance exams while still enrolled in school; student who passed their university entrance exams on the first try
for oneself; for one's own sake; on one's own account
very; extremely; exceedingly; top; highest; best
concise; brief; succinct; compact (style)
to cut off; to lop off; to prune
one's nature; one's feelings; plain; unadorned; mere; poor
atmospheric current; air current; airflow
floating (e.g. in air, water); floatation; buoyancy; buoying up (e.g. economy)
gas (as a fuel); gas (state of matter); poison gas; dense fog; thick fog; gas stove; gas cooker
refining; purification; careful manufacture
technology; engineering; technique; skill; art; craft
more than enough; more than ample; exhaustive
valid; effective; yuko (judo)
form; adjective; i-adjective (in Japanese)
stance; attitude; standpoint; stance; posture
critical point (temperature)
to sink (into); to get depressed
unexplained fever in an infant (in the past believed to be related to intellectual development); teething fever; (lit.) wisdom fever; fever that comes from using one's head too much
to turn up (e.g. one's face); to lay (something) on its back; to tilt (one's head) back
(picture) frame; framed picture; amount (esp. of money); sum
feeling a sudden chill; feeling a shiver; feeling sudden surprise (fright, horror, etc.); shuddering
to stay (at); to stop (at)
to slip out (e.g. of a comment, remark, etc.); to utter unintentionally; to pour from one's lips (of words); to flow freely (of speech); to rush out of one's mouth
top; top position; senior management; senior bureaucrat; home page (of a website)
being very popular; being in great demand
place to go; place one can go
constant attendance; uninterrupted supervision; staying with someone all the time
rock hard; stiff and unyielding (personality); clangor