origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
clean sweep; purging; doing away with; eradication
face; looks; vestiges; trace
first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)
after that; afterwards; thereafter
person with a head for business
Ookuma Shigenobu (1838.3.11-1922.1.10)
to be due to; to be caused by; to depend on; to turn on; to be based on; to come from
urban areas; the streets; town; city
action of making something; -ification
for example; for instance; e.g.
European style; Occidental
start; beginning; first step; clue
imperial capital (esp. Kyoto); final word of an iroha poem; 10^16; 10,000,000,000,000,000
farmland; rice field or paddy
wall; partition; barrier; obstacle; Chinese "Wall" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
row of houses; every house; each house; all; totally
goal; target; aim; mark; sign; landmark
band (e.g. conduction, valence); belt (e.g. Van-Allen, asteroid, etc.)
to arrive at (e.g. a decision); to reach (a stage); to lead to (a place); to get to; in the extreme case of; (arch.) to come
eleven; 11; jack (playing card); Hodgson's hawk-cuckoo (Cuculus fugax); Horsfield's hawk cuckoo
district; section; sector
compulsion; coercion; forcing (to do); enforcement
system; institution; organization; organisation
introduction; bringing in; leading in; installation
those (near the second person)
more and more; all the more; at last; finally; (at the) last moment; worst possible time
complete; completion; perfection; accomplishment
circle; entirety; whole; money; dough; enclosure inside a castle's walls; soft-shelled turtle
to detach; to decapitate; to cut loose; to let loose; to dismember
the Dragon (fifth sign of the Chinese zodiac); hour of the Dragon (around 8am, 7-9am, or 8-10am); east-southeast; third month of the lunar calendar
first class; first rank; one degree; one level; most; best
same kind; accomplices; companions
ken (6 shaku, approx. 1.818 m); counter used to number the gaps between pillars
opening (of a new road, railway, etc.); going into operation (e.g. telephone communication); beginning services; reopening (e.g. a road to traffic); resumption of services
width; breadth; freedom (e.g. of thought); latitude; gap; difference (e.g. in price)
to spread; to extend; to unfold; to open; to scatter about; to spread around