Enomoto Takeaki (1836.10.5-1908.10.27)
capable person; talented person; human resources; personnel
darn it!; darn!; oops!; oh dear!; oh no!
sound of wind rustling through a crack; wheezing
breathing of a sleeping person
old saying; old expression; old language; ancient language; archaic word
to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)
dried boiled rice used mainly as provisions of samurai troops and travelers (travellers)
to see through (a lie, scheme, etc.); to see into (someone's mind); to read (someone's true feelings); to penetrate
to end one's life; to end one's days; to die
to replace; to convert; to exchange; to interchange; to substitute (person, staff member, player, etc.)
sounding continuously (phone, alarm, etc.)
handmade; handcrafted; homemade; homegrown
imitation; copy; make-believe; doing something in a way that only superficially resembles the real thing
first three days of the New Year (January 1-3)
5th day of the month; five days
stake; post; pile; (arch.) stump
sign on a post (usu. wooden and with a small roof, containing information about a sight, warning, congratulations, etc.); public notice; bulletin board; notice board
visit for no reason; going on a fool's errand
wooden hammer; wooden mallet
texture (cloth, fabric, paper); feel; appearance
to be present (esp. during a birth); to be witness to; to attend
frizzy (hair); wiry; sizzling; frizzling; stingingly (of heat or cold); painfully
smooth (skin, stone, etc.); sleek; velvety; silky
process; procedure; sequence; protocol; instruction
place where there is a god or spirit; place containing the sacred object of a shrine
competent; suitable; qualified
at the most; at best; to the utmost; as much as possible; as much as one can
creaking; squeaking; packing in tightly; cramming; hard (pressing, tying, twisting, etc.); tightly
whether one likes it or not; whether willing or not; willy-nilly
open; public; overt; free; unreserved; uninhibited
bar; bolt (e.g. on door); double-arm lock; (rope) cinching
shrine office; office of a Shinto shrine
remodelling; remodeling; reorganization; reorganisation
tatami mat (esp. as a measure of room size, either 1.82 sqm or 1.54 sqm)
to retreat; to back off; to draw back; to step back; to shrink away
morning and evening; all the time; always; every day