indigenous person; inhabitant of a country; local; native; local lords and samurai; daimyo who did not leave his domains to meet the shogun in Kyoto (during the Muromachi period)
origin; source; birthplace; release from prison; discharge from prison; exit
quarter; person with one non-Japanese grandparent
correction; revision; amendment
to disappear; to vanish; to go; to leave; to die
motherland; fatherland; native country
nationality; citizenship; nationality (ship, airplane, etc.); registration; flag
pure-bred (usu. animal); pure-blooded; thoroughbred
foreigner (esp. one of European ancestry); gaijin; (arch.) outsider
to become serious; to take something seriously (joke, teasing); to become irritated or angry (usu. at something trivial); to get worked up
(very) patient; persevering
rubbing the wrong way (e.g. a cat); irritating
surface; face (i.e. the visible side of an object); front (of a building, etc.); obverse side (i.e. "head") of a coin; outside; exterior; appearance
(a) weakness; shortcoming; failing; sore point
to take for granted; to assume; to pretend (to be); to pose (as); to go through with (what one decided to do); to persist in doing
to tinker with; to fumble with; to twist up
that kind; competition; match
notice of personnel change (appointment, dismissal, etc.); wording; choice of language; phraseology
one's heart; one's feelings; one's inner thoughts; one's mind
to have (someone) by the short hairs; to have something on (someone)
recollection; reminiscence
to fail to hear something; to miss; to act as if one didn't hear something; to let a remark slide
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
in addition; furthermore; above (which); on top of (which)
texture (e.g. skin, fabric); grain (e.g. wood); detail
water (esp. cool, fresh water, e.g. drinking water); fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid; flood; floodwaters; water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout
female; woman; female sex; female lover; girlfriend; mistress
navel; belly button; protrusion or depression in the middle of an object; center; centre
to steal; to rob; to deceive; to trick; to graze (in passing); to skim; to appear and quickly disappear (a thought, a smile, etc.)
abdomen; stomach; lower parts; under parts
groin; groin region; inguinal region
belonging; ascription; attribution; reversion; return; restoration
thigh; buttocks; arse; ass
to pierce; to stab; to sting; to bite; to sew; to stitch; to pole (a boat)
link; connection; filler; stopgap (job, budget, etc.); thickener (e.g. in cooking); thickening; hedging
S; s; south; sulfur; nth year in the Shōwa era (1926.12.25-1989.1.7); small; second
secret understanding; collusion
to cut down; to slay; to truncate; to round down; to omit; to discard
stinginess; miserliness; shabby; cheap; petty; narrow-minded
forced repatriation; deportation
to do exactly what one is told to do; to be subservient; to be easily controlled