prosperous; flourishing; popular; widespread; active; lively
open; public; overt; free; unreserved; uninhibited
salary; pay; medical care; treatment; advance preparation
return gift; return favour (favor); revenge; change (in a cash transaction)
depravity; corruption; degradation
to draw a line (between); to make a distinction (between); to distinguish (between)
birth; creation; formation
flight from one's country; seeking asylum; defection; emigration (for political reasons); (going into) exile; becoming a (political) refugee
Metal Rat (37th year of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1960, 2020, 2080)
reform; reformation; reorganization
this and that; one thing or another
district; region; the country; countryside; civilian society
government service; the bureaucracy
misgovernment; misrule; bad government
home country; one's own country; suzerain country (from the perspective of the vassal state); colonizing country; country of one's ancestors; this country
colleague; company friend
to join hands together; to join forces; to collaborate
layman; believer; adherent; follower; laity
to cut (grass, hair, etc.); to mow; to clip; to trim; to prune; to shear
(your) business; (your) concern; (customer's) order; official business (of the government, Imperial Court, etc.); arrest; capture
to be degraded; to come down in the world; to lose status; to be ruined; to fall low
haste; hurry; expedition; speed; dispatch
Fire Horse (43rd year of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1906, 1966, 2026)
first day of the month; (arch.) first ten days of the lunar month
sect; denomination; tenets (of a religious sect)
body; group; party; company; troupe
sacred books; sutras; scriptures; Bible
complete collection; large collection; complete works
to adopt (method, proposal, etc.); to take (measure, course of action, etc.); to pick (e.g. flowers); to gather (e.g. mushrooms); to extract (e.g. juice); to take (e.g. a sample); to assume (an attitude)
to study; to complete (a course); to order (one's life); to repair (a fault one has committed)
to call out to; to hail; to address; to appeal
title; heading; article; benevolence; friendly feeling
spring water; clear (pure) water
warrior (esp. of military retainers of daimyos in the Edo period); samurai; (arch.) man in attendance (on a person of high standing); (arch.) retainer
device; instrument; vessel; container; ability; capacity
bow (weapon); archery; bow (for a violin, etc.)
second (party to an agreement); the B party (e.g. in a contract); stylish; chic; strange; quaint
charm; talisman; tally; sign; mark; fu