quantity; amount; volume; number; amount of money
mailbox; letter box; letterbox; mail slot
to have one's attention attracted (caught); to be preoccupied with
though one didn't intend (expect) to
postmark; (postal) cancellation mark
to harm; to hurt; to injure; to miss one's chance to (do something); to fail to (do what one ought to have done)
mischief; prank; pastime; hobby; playing with (a lighter, etc.); fooling around with
one copy (of a document); one letter; one-way traffic; pure straight; winning hand containing nine consecutive tiles of the same suit (i.e. 1-9)
handwriting; calligraphy specimen; example of penmanship; holograph
police investigator; investigator
dictation; verbal statement
writing on someone's behalf
counter for leaves, pieces of paper, etc.; (arch.) counter for boats
business; thing to be done; something that should be performed; information that should be conveyed
correspondence; communication; transmission; news; signal; telecommunications
detention pending trial; confinement; custody
extension; elongation; prolongation; Enchō era (923.4.11-931.4.26)
to bend down; to bow down; to prostrate oneself; to hide oneself
exchange (e.g. cultural); interchange; interaction; alternating current; AC
to hang up (e.g. a coat, a picture on the wall); to let hang; to put on (e.g. a blanket); to put on top of; to put on (glasses, etc.); to wear (a necklace, etc.); to make (a call)
telephone call; phone call; telephone (device); phone
every place; various places
action film; action movie; action drama; riotous scene; fight scene
number of times; frequency; count
after making the rounds; after having passed through many hands; after going through many places; eventually
warp; curvature; curve; arch
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
to go past (a place or thing); to go beyond
weird; ominous; eerie; uncanny; ghastly
to remove; to deinstall; to take away; to set apart
making great haste, having been caught off guard; scurrying unprepared; rushing to an emergency with sword in hand, not having had time to affix it at the waist
to row (a boat) to (a pier, shore, etc.); to reach (a goal after considerable effort); to arrive at; to (finally) manage to do
overhasty; rash; premature
to be beyond one's capacities; to be beyond one's powers; to be beyond one's control; to be unmanageable
reckless; daredevil; frantic; foolhardy
to get down to business; to cut to the chase; to get straight to the point; to move on to the main subject
victory or defeat; match; contest; game
to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in