baron; Irish cobbler (variety of potato)
demotion; relegation; reduction in rank; degradation; downward move
kanji "big shell" radical
mistress; kept woman; concubine
silk tree (Albizia julibrissin)
pine tree (Pinus spp.); highest (of a three-tier ranking system)
material (for a story, article, etc.); information; joke; jest; proof; evidence; (magician's) trick
subordinate; subordinates; inferior; inferiors; junior
good fortune (esp. omikuji fortune-telling result); good luck; auspiciousness; unspecified day of the month (used to obscure the date a letter, invitation, etc. was written)
bad luck; bad fortune; evil; wickedness
preservation; integrity; conservation; maintenance
smoky; awkward; ill at ease
expected value; expectation value; expectation
the sixth sense; intuition; hunch
to retreat; to back off; to draw back; to step back; to shrink away
wooden mosaic work; parquetry; wooden mosaic (e.g. on a piece of furniture); marquetry; marqueterie
box for letters and papers; box used to carry or deliver letters
right on; dead on; fitting to a T; on the button; perfectly correct
return of something; repayment
ordering (materials); placing an order; order
citizen; citizenry; city inhabitant; townspeople; bourgeoisie; middle class
becoming dull; slowing down
gate guard (during the ritsuryo system); gate guardian; young forced labour (ritsuryo system)
prawn; shrimp; lobster; crayfish
chattering; chit-chat; (ladies) prattle
to frame; to falsely accuse of a crime
cripple; disabled person; invalid
overall victory; championship
to be dizzy; to be disoriented; to be dazzled; to be lost in (greed, lust, etc.)
single; solo; solitary; just one; only one
(ease of) handling; operation; arrangement (of pipes, wires, etc.); layout; wrestler's belt used in a bout
proxy; agent; substitute; deputy; alternate; representative
camouflage; disguise; pretense; feigning; masquerade
to push or press or force down; to depress
button (clothing); push-button
barefaced (e.g. lie); shameless; transparent; pure white; very clear
reading in a monotone; reading a Chinese classical text without translating it into Japanese
monotone; monotonous; dull; lacking variety