to be fit (for a role); to be qualified (for); to be equal (to a task); to be able to fulfill one's duties (as)
one's wife; one's wife and daughter or daughters
outward appearance; ostensible; public; official
joint; knuckle; tune; melody; knot (in wood); node in a bamboo stem
unhulled rice; rice in the husk; paddy; rice husks; chaff
illegal; illicit; unlawful
advantageous; favourable; better; profitable; lucrative; gainful
price movement; price fluctuation
business rival; professional jealousy
maker; builder; creator; tenant farmer
presentation; exhibit; suggest; citation
I've got to be going; I must go
hard struggle; strenuous effort
man (esp. one who is well-respected); samurai; person (in a certain profession, esp. licensed); member
threat; bird-scaring device (scarecrow, gun, etc.)
hurriedly; in a hurry; in haste; (arch.) sudden
to learn by experience; to learn one's lesson; to learn the hard way; to be discouraged (by); to have enough (of); to be disgusted (with)
backing; support; backer; shield that protects one's back
bitter experience; misery; distress; grief; sad thoughts; hardship
evading blame for a transgression by pinning it on a subordinate and abandoning them; (lit.) a skink lizard's shedding of its tail
well; properly; best regards; please remember me; just like ...; as though one were ...
your home; your family; their home; (my) home
confiscation of property (Edo period)
murder of one's master; murderer of his master
target; object (of worship, study, etc.); subject (of taxation, etc.)
sense of impending crisis; sense of danger
to take a veneer off something
will; desire; ambition; urge (e.g. creative urge)
showy; brilliant; gorgeous; florid; gay
friendly; openhearted; sociable; amiable; good-humored; good-humoured
good offices; auspices; sponsorship; village official (during the Edo period)
(poor) treatment; (bad) behavior; behaviour; action; act
intention; wish; purpose; mind (to do)
to be suspected without cause
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to hug; to have (a thought or feeling); to hold; to harbour (suspicion, doubt, etc.)
carrying in (esp. heavy objects, artwork, furniture); bringing in; taking in
suspicious glance; suspicious look; suspicious expression
difficult to ...; hard to ...