shellfish; seashell; shell
oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!
Kazusa (former province located in the central part of present-day Chiba Prefecture)
class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate
boss (esp. yakuza); foreman
sale; selling; selling point; gimmick; seller; vendor
mountain villa; mountain retreat; mountain cottage
politics; government; peace; (arch.) medical treatment; (arch.) cure
department (in an organization, company, etc.); division; club (at a school, university, etc.); team; part; portion
vice-minister (Meiji period); undersecretary
side (of something, or taking someone's side); part; (watch) case
to catch sight of; to see; to suppose; to assume from appearances
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
decapitated head of an enemy
mark; sign; symbol; emblem; badge; crest
captive; prisoner; victim (of love, etc.); slave (to one's lust, etc.)
receiving; getting; eating; drinking; please (give me; do for me)
to do; to perform; to carry out; (arch.) to serve; (arch.) to wait upon; (arch.) to attend
readiness; (mental) preparedness; resolution; determination; resignation (to one's fate)
to save; to rescue; to help; to assist; to support (financially); to contribute (to)
common foot soldier (feudal Japan); samurai of the lowest rank
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow (handling, dealing with something); anyhow; one way or another
speaking of; (I told you) already; come on
endless; boundless; innumerable; endless; never-ending; going on forever
whole family; entire family; all over the house; throughout the house; retainer of a daimyo; feudal domain
satisfactory; decent; good; proper; worthy
and; moreover; besides; as well as; and on top of that; at the same time
Mr; Mrs; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
obstacle; hindrance; impediment; nuisance; bore; burden
great numbers (of people); numerical superiority; masses; people; folk; clique
to leave (a matter, decision, etc. to someone); to entrust (to someone); to leave (to chance, one's imagination, etc.); to let (take its own course); to use (money, strength, spare time, etc.) to the full; to use freely
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
neck; head; dismissal (from a job); firing
spear; lance; javelin; lance; (arch.) jeering
to come out; to fall out; to fade; to discolour; to wear a hole (e.g. clothes); to leave (e.g. a meeting); to be clear
unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate