honesty; integrity; purity and unselfishness
to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at
to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend
to build up; to establish; to form; to become (a state); to accomplish; to achieve; to change into
letter; note; epistle; correspondence
(metropolitan) prefecture (of Osaka and Kyoto); the centre or seat (of) (center); (government) office; fu; historical administrative unit in China, Korea and Vietnam
main shrine; inner sanctuary
performance of one's official duties
head; chief; leader; the greatest of all; the most excellent
to be opposite; to face each other; to confront (an issue); to face
dainty; delicate; slender; fragile (e.g. furniture); delicate; frail
cinnabar; vermillion; red pigment (and ink made from same); red text (as used to correct documents)
chair; stool; post; office; position
garden lantern; hanging lantern
armrest (of a chair); elbow rest
to say; to be called; to do
left (esp. in vertical Japanese writing); the following
reconciliation; peace; rapprochement
proposal; proposition; suggestion
to repel; to drive away; to repulse; to reject
Minister of the Left (official in Nara and Heian periods)
(social) position; status
small build; small stature; petite; small pattern
to carry in one's hand; to carry with one; to have on one's person; to take along (someone); to take (someone) with one; to be accompanied by
recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold
arrangement (of resources); deployment; stationing; posting; disposition; configuration
due form; official; formality
giving one's name (or rank, etc.); self-introduction; name readings of kanji
to permit; to allow; to forgive; to pardon; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to acknowledge
custom; practice; convention; precedent
careful; cautious; prudent; discreet; deliberate
to choose one's words (with care); to be careful with one's words
plausible; believable; solemn; dignified; serious
to do up (hair); to dress; to arrange; to tie; to bind; to fasten
(rock) crystal; high purity quartz