arrow collector (at an archery range); collecting arrows
nursing; caring for the sick; deathwatch; attendance at a deathbed
worth; merit; value; good point; strong point; redeeming feature
shōchū made from sake lees; low-quality moonshine (esp. post-WWII); hooch (hootch)
key performer; last performer of the day
clothing to absorb dampness after bathing; yukata; twice-boiled rice (for sick persons); (arch.) scoop for removing bilge water; (arch.) bailer
first of all; at once; for now; for the time being; anyway; at least
gathering evidence (e.g. to back a news story); getting the facts; obtaining supporting evidence
user's manual; instruction manual
shiritori; word-chain game; word game in which players must give a word starting with the last syllable of the word given by the previous player
measuring worm; inchworm; looper (caterpillar)
transactions; dealings; business
bird catcher; bird handler (oft. chicken); bird catching; bird handling (oft. chicken)
accredited master (of a performing art); being famous; being popular; famous person
chamfering; beveling; bevelling; rounding the edges (of a vegetable); trimming the corners
catching flies; fly-catcher; flytrap; jumping spider
giving and taking; exchange (of letters); arguing back and forth; (conversational) exchange
cancellation; withdrawal; abolition; revocation; cancel; CAN
heir; heiress; inheritor; successor
ranking wrestler in the makuuchi (senior-grade) or juryo (junior-grade) divisions
especially; particularly; above all; portioning out (servings of food)
namely; that is (to say); in other words
listening comprehension; aural comprehension; hearing what others say; gathering information, opinions, etc.; public hearing
tearing off; stripping off; ripping off
insect catching; bug catching
high salary earner; high income earner; well-paid employee; highly-paid; in the top salary bracket
mousetrap; rattrap; rat poison; speed trap; Japanese rat snake
traveling around getting seal stamps (travelling)
common butterwort (Pinguicula vulgaris)
investigation (e.g. by police or prosecutors); examination; inquiry; enquiry
purchase; buying; buying used articles as a company; trade-in; purchase on a no-return policy; lump-sum payment
recovery; undoing; recall
treatment; service; handling; management
control; management; supervision
agency; agent; answering (the door, phone, etc. on someone's behalf); ushering in (a visitor); passing on (a message); conveyance
one's share; one's portion
steering (a boat); helmsman; steersman; guidance; leadership; leader
collection (of a debt, rent, taxes, etc.); dunning; selection (for a position); exceptional promotion; fresh; freshly picked
taking; accepting; receipt; leaving; departure; withdrawal
interrogation room; interview room; sweatbox
currying favour; sucking up; being anxious to please; bootlicker
an assortment; combination
debt collection; debt collector
coherence; order; focus; point
talk (of the town); rumour; rumor; gossip
(ease of) handling; operation; arrangement (of pipes, wires, etc.); layout; wrestler's belt used in a bout
effort; initiative; dealing with; bout (in sports, etc.); match
skylight; dormer; transom; dormer window
mediation; intercession; smoothing over
taking in; bringing in; capturing (e.g. customers); attracting; confusion; bustle
staking out (in advance; e.g. a seat or a spot); saving a place; reserving a location
weeding; weeder; weeding fork; cultivator
collecting; collection; collation; gathering; arrangement; coordination
bid for popularity; publicity stunt
recipient; receiver; skilled practitioner (of judo, sumo, etc.); person who picks up the cards (in karuta games)
installation; mounting; furnishing; run (on a bank); bank run
Taketori Monogatari (The Tale of the Bamboo-Cutter)
arrangement; handling; measures; management; discretion
to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned
as much as one can take or carry away
children's game in which the aim is to occupy the other's home base; taking a place; securing a position
gathering edible wild plants
mediation; intermediation; procuration; entertainment; treatment; reception
reserving; storing; setting aside; laying away
way of taking (e.g. photographs); manner of taking; how to take
withdrawal; discontinuance; abandoning; dropping
cutting; tearing off; cutting (for a railroad, highway, etc.); cut; robbery with assault; burglary
rule over the whole country
adoption; acceptance; confiscation; midwifery; midwife
adopting a son-in-law into one's family; marrying off one's daughter
currying favour; being anxious to please; bootlicker
policeman's rope (used for restraining criminals)
reading (e.g. by a scanner)
intending to persuade someone and instead being persuaded oneself; going for wool and coming home shorn; the biter bit; (lit.) the mummy hunter himself becomes a mummy
taking up; winding; rolled paper
(arch.) archer; (arch.) warrior; (arch.) skilled bowman; bow-twirling ceremony at the end of each day of a Grand Sumo Tournament; wrestler who performs the bow-twirling ceremony
leading a horse, cow, etc.; groom; horse boy; hors d'oeuvre; appetizer
saving a seat (e.g. by leaving something on it); holding a seat (for a friend, etc.); reserving a place
removing scum (from a broth, etc.); skimming off scum
fishing, esp. using a net or trap; catching fish
flea powder; flea medicine; flea medication; getting rid of fleas; killing fleas
key performer; last performer of the day
key performer; last performer of the day
order-taking; salesperson
taking the lead; leadership; leader; chorus leader
bill collection; bill collector
rematch (e.g. in sumo when the match is too close to decide)
servant in charge of footwear
growing older; aging ceremony (on New Year's Eve or the last night of winter)
incense burner; utensil for carrying live charcoal
dipping up (night soil); scooping up; understanding; grasping; surmising
getting something for nothing
especially; particularly; above all
karuta game in which players race to grab cards associated with a given reading
person in charge of beheading (concluding a seppuku); executioner; person in charge of beheading; rikishi carrying a sword who follows the yokozuna to the ring during his ring-entering ceremony
particularly; in particular; especially
card to pick up (esp. in hyakunin isshu karuta, i.e. the card printed with the second half of a poem)
wrinkle reduction; rhytidoplasty
seed-raising; breeding; gathering news
excessive intake (e.g. coffee); overbooking
advertising canvasser; adman
brokering; broker; handing materials up a ladder (to a plasterer); assistant who hands things up a ladder (to a plasterer); pole used to hand things up a ladder
earning pocket money; side job
removing; clearing (away); demolishing
low-ranking unsalaried wrestler (ranked below juryo)
prisoner's base (children's game); (arch.) man-eating monster
day laborer; day labourer; journeyman
arbitrage; long-short trade; pairs trade; brokerage; brokering
faultfinding; carping; quibbling; cavilling; caviling
water-drawing ceremony (performed at Tōdaiji on March 13); rite of drawing sacred water
sequential sampling inspection (with reposition)
silk reeling; silk spinning; filature; silk reeler; silk spinner
spot removal (from the skin); stain remover
defrosting (e.g. of a freezer)
ozeki wrestler's attempt to reach the rank of yokozuna; being eligible for promotion to yokozuna
tobacco stain removal; nicotine stain removal; nicotine stain remover
footwear carrier; servant who carried his master's footwear
non-executive director; nonmanagerial director
talented wrestler; good at manipulating (others); crafty person
pearl fishing; pearl diver
undergarment designed to soak up sweat
chart used to keep track of a wrestler's records during the tournament; matrix table; score table
borrowing pit (in flood prevention)
renting out space for gambling and charging a commission on the proceeds; person who rents out space for gambling
getting advance notice of planned Diet questions
it is wiser to make money steadily over time; light gains make heavy purse; (lit.) better small takings than a large win
geometer moth caterpillar; geometrid caterpillar (of subfamily Ennominae)
stored message fetching; MS
Magnetic Character Reader; MCR
belt grab reversal (judo)
night-soil man; night-soil woman; removal of night-soil
securities exchange; stock exchange; bourse
divination based on laying out various items before a toddler and predicting his future based the items chosen
ordering (online, mail); remote purchasing
photographing character stuffed toys in everyday life
removing (facial) oils; wiping off (make up); blotting sheet (as a cosmetic aid for removing oils and make up); blotting paper
Japan Fair Trade Commission (abbr)
downing an opponent by grabbing his leg
taking a wife by kidnapping a woman passing by on the road