repair; mending; fixing; servicing
high-ranking noh actor; head of a school of noh performance; high ranking courtesan (esp. in Yoshiwara) (Edo-period); jōruri narrator; manzai narrator; female role actor in kabuki; low ranking priest in a Shinto shrine
superiority; superior power; predominance; preponderance
critical (touch and go) situation; explosive situation
to be uneasy; to be anxious; to fear
subterranean rumbling; earth tremor
to fit into (a box, frame, category, etc.); to be contained within; to settle down (into); to be installed (in one's rightful place); to settle into (one's position); to take up (a post)
ditch; drain; groove; tread; gap (between people, countries, etc.); gulf
to pay (e.g. money, bill); to brush off; to wipe away; to drive away (e.g. one's competitors); to sell off (something unneeded); to dispose of; to pay (e.g. attention)
carefree; free from worry
silly; foolish; absurd; childish; easy; trifling
healing; soothing; therapy; comfort; solace
first words said (e.g. when meeting someone); first thing out of one's mouth; first speech; inaugural address
admiration; wonder; astonishment
to enclose; to surround; to shelter (e.g. a criminal); to shield; to keep (e.g. a mistress); to store (vegetables, fruit, etc.)
approach path (aircraft, surgery); entrance ramp (highway); on-ramp; slip road
bulky; massive; thick; heavy
in addition; furthermore; above (which); on top of (which)
turret; watchtower; high wooden stage; scaffolding; wooden frame (of a kotatsu); yagura
caves dug as tombs in and around Kamakura during the Kamakura and Muromachi periods
to entrust; to send (a message, etc.)
self-government; autonomy; local (governmental) autonomy
establishment; settlement
one large ...; a great ...
armaments; military preparations
meeting; assembly; association; conjunction
talkativeness; garrulity; loquacity
something like ...; something called ...
every month; each month; monthly
10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various
kan (obs. unit of weight, approx. 3.75 kg, 8.3 lb); kan (obs. unit of currency, equiv. to 1000 mon in the Edo period; col. 10 mon in the Meiji period); counter for pieces of sushi; 10 points; 12 points
to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)
ripening (of a crop); crop; harvest
abundant; plentiful; rich; wealthy; open (mind); relaxed
dominion; territory; possession
authority; power; influence
essence; true nature; substance; reality