distorted; crooked; oval; elliptical shape; round, wooden container for cooked rice; oval coin
to divide; to cut; to halve; to break; to crack; to dilute; to fall below
learning; scholarship; study; study of ...; -ology; -ics
messenger; police and judicial chief (Heian and Kamakura periods); klesha (polluting thoughts such as greed, hatred and delusion, which result in suffering)
-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now
have to do; must; should; ought to
second (party to an agreement); the B party (e.g. in a contract); stylish; chic; strange; quaint
issue; offspring; paternal blood
brocade; fine dress; fine clothes
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
representative who visits major retailers checking stock levels, etc.
bureau; department; office (e.g. post, telephone); broadcasting station (e.g. television, radio); affair; situation
(arch.) peoples formerly of northern Japan with distinct language and culture (i.e. the Ainu); provincial (i.e. a person who lives far from the city); brutish, unsophisticated warrior (esp. used by Kyoto samurai to refer to samurai from eastern Japan); foreigner; barbarian
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
conical hat (East-Asian style); coolie hat; something shaped like a conical hat or an umbrella; shade (of a lamp); mushroom cap
simplicity; brevity; letter; note; bamboo writing strip (in ancient China); simplified Chinese character
even; (if) only; just; besides; on top of that
plan; policy; means; fifth principle of the Eight Principles of Yong; right upward flick
this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me
appearance; look; aspect; strong spirit; mettle
seems; I think; I guess; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
I; me; oneself; (arch.) you; (arch.) prefix indicating familiarity or contempt
even if not; even without
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
cannot do without something; indispensable; absolutely necessary; have to do
pool for soaking seed rice before planting
public matter; governmental matter; prince; duke; lord; sir
although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish
feelings; thoughts; meaning
honorific/polite/humble prefix
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
(some) more; even more; longer; further
to entrust; to send (a message, etc.)
if so; in that case; in that situation
Qin dynasty (of China; 221-207 BCE); Ch'in dynasty