manufactured goods; finished goods; product
learning about the world; preparation for life in the community; work experience
leadership; initiative; spearhead
to run along; to run beside; to follow (a policy, plan, etc.); to act in accordance with; to meet (wishes, expectations, etc.); to satisfy
underling; person of low standing; grunt; petty (work, official, etc.); minor; lowly
retirement (from the world); seclusion
using as an intermediary; through
influential person; powerful person; big wheel; big gun; power behind the throne
as a matter of fact; actually; effectively; in reality; in effect
to have time free; to have time to spare
on the same occasion; at the same time; coincidentally; along with; partly (to do, for)
to collect one's thoughts; to gather one's thoughts; to put one's ideas in order
to be able to tell apart; to distinguish; to recognize
to that degree; to that extent; that much
pillbug; pill bug; woodlouse; sowbug; sow bug; slater
damp; humid; wet; gloomy; melancholy; depressing
to compare (something) to; to liken; to speak figuratively; to use a simile; to use a metaphor
to begrudge doing; to find bothersome
deviation; departure; omission
blame; censure; rebuke; reproof
hypothesis; supposition; assumption; tentative theory
existing (at the present moment); alright; acceptable; to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to have
working; in operation; running; active
good story; heartwarming story; good prospect (e.g. marriage, business)
forbidding to speak; muzzling (a person); bribing into secrecy; hush money
being amazed; being horrified; being taken aback
to manufacture; to produce; to raise (crops); to invent; to dream up; to create
complete ignorance (usu. in reference to feigning); lack of knowledge
persistence; single-mindedness
dizziness (from standing up too fast); orthostatic syncope; lightheadedness; vertigo
to feel nauseated; to feel sick
exploitation; overuse; abuse
extravagant; lavish; opulent; luxurious; magnificent; splendid
long ago; once upon a time
celebratory banquet; feast
thirteen; 13; king (playing card)
indicates position in a sequence; divisions of a kabuki performance
prince; subordinate Kumano shrine
birth; creation; formation
after ages; posterity; future life; the next world