Meanings
Noun
1. official; civil service
Kanji used
serve
Pitch accent
Top 18200
Used in vocabulary (97 in total)
work; job; labor; work
to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)
way; method; means; resource; course
to bring down (an animal, opponent, etc.); to kill; to shoot dead; to shoot down
deed (esp. negative); act; action; one's doing
device; contrivance; trick; trap; (small) scale; half finished; commencement
to train; to teach; to acquire (information); to learn; to stock; to stock up on
structure; construction; arrangement; plan; plot; contrivance
to lay in stock; to replenish stock; to procure; to learn; to find out; to take in
way; method; means; (technical) specification
to partition; to divide; to direct; to manage; to settle accounts; to assume a crouching posture (at the start of a bout)
to finish up; to complete; to finish off; to get through; to polish off
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
payback; tit for tat; retaliation; doing over again; redoing
training; education; stocking up; laying in; preparation (e.g. ingredients); girl studying to become a geisha
to tailor; to make (clothing); to train; to bring up; to make it seem like; to pass off
to devise; to arrange; to plan; to plot
finish; finishing; finishing touches
to be finished; to be completed; to be done
partition; division; settlement of accounts; preliminary warm-up ritual; toeing the mark; directing
to induce (somebody to do something); to tempt; to act toward (somebody in a certain way); to handle (men); to send; to forward to
stocking; buying up
finish; end; completion; result
tailoring; dressmaking; sewing; making; preparation
allowance; remittance; sending (someone) an allowance
doer; performer; protagonist (in noh or kyogen); hero; speculator (in trading)
government service; entering government service; (of a ronin) finding a new lord or master to serve
match; game; bout; contest
to make a mess; to perpetrate; to do; to finish up; to be guilty of
to put away; to stow away; to tuck away; to hoard
classification; assortment; assortment journalizing (in bookkeeping)
end; close; finish; termination
device; contrivance; trick; trap; (small) scale; half finished; commencement
to blunder; to fail; to make a mistake
to assort; to classify; to journalize (in accounting); to journalise
situation; developments; outcome
to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)
happiness; good fortune; luck; blessing
to make over (clothing); to have altered; to renovate
end; close; finish; noh dance in plain clothes
partition; division; settlement of accounts; preliminary warm-up ritual; toeing the mark; directing
structure; construction; arrangement; plan; plot; contrivance
to take revenge; to retaliate; to do over again; to redo; to start over
food delivery service; catering; walk-on part (in a play or film); background actor; extra
making over (clothing)
to accomplish; to finish; to fulfill
execution ground
management; dealing with; course of events; circumstances; end result (usu. bad); outcome
to be finished; to be completed; to be done
kitchen work; housework; scullion; servant who works in the kitchen (usu. female)
to begin to do; to cater; to deliver food
to do over; to remake; to resume
delivery; sending; treatment
longshoreman; baggageman
to blunder; to fail; to make a mistake
to make a mess; to perpetrate; to do; to finish up; to be guilty of
to be used to; to get accustomed to; to train; to discipline; to tack (in needlework); to baste
having one's own way; giving free rein to one's desires; acting as one pleases
classification; assortment; assortment journalizing (in bookkeeping)
to start something; to have started something, but not yet finished it
sewing; tailoring; newly tailored clothes
to start something; to have started something, but not yet finished it
to begin (doing); to start (doing)
tacking (in needlework); basting; planting (esp. rice seedlings); discipline; training
finishing up
way of training; method of bringing up children
capable of anything; liable to do
to be used to doing; to be experienced in
execution ground
to do over; to start anew
(successive lords) using the same retainers
implements used to enhance the effect of a play (e.g. props, costumes, etc.)
blunder; failure; mistake; error
to be reluctant to do; to hesitate to do; to refuse to do; to be unable to do
way of training; method of bringing up children
work in progress; WIP; goods in process
implements used to enhance the effect of a play (e.g. props, costumes, etc.)
method; way
stock of goods received
silk pouch with drawstring for holding a tea caddy (tea ceremony)
to do over; to remake; to resume
to start something; to have started something, but not yet finished it
to start something; to have started something, but not yet finished it
to blunder; to fail; to make a mistake; to miss
longshoreman; baggageman
outset; beginning; starting (things); resuming work after the New Year's vacation
outset; beginning; starting (things); resuming work after the New Year's vacation
silk pouch with drawstring for holding a tea caddy (tea ceremony)
speculators' (speculative) market
commencement
preparation (e.g. of land for tilling); ground clearance; clearing
to succeed as planned; to carry through; to accomplish
apt to do; liable to do; tend to do; prone to do
impossible to do
men pressed into forced labor (ritsuryo system); palanquin bearer (Edo period)
men pressed into forced labor (ritsuryo system); palanquin bearer (Edo period)