arrow collector (at an archery range); collecting arrows
nursing; caring for the sick; deathwatch; attendance at a deathbed
① 箒などで掃き集めたごみをすくい取り、捨てる場所まで運ぶのに用いる掃除道具。② 屋形のない手輿
shōchū made from sake lees; low-quality moonshine (esp. post-WWII); hooch (hootch)
etori (classic Japanese card game)
key performer; last performer of the day
① 煮た後で湯を捨てて蒸すという米の調理法。湯取り飯。② 入浴後に着る着物。ゆかた。
gathering evidence (e.g. to back a news story); getting the facts; obtaining supporting evidence
user's manual; instruction manual
① すぐに、第一に。とりいそぎ。なにはさておき。② さしあたって。暫定的に、一応。
worth; merit; value; good point; redeeming feature; saving grace
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
① 前の人が言った単語の最後の文字から始まる言葉を順番に言っていく言葉遊び。通常「ん」で終わる単語を言った者は負けとなる。
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
heir; heiress; inheritor; successor
especially; above all; inter alia; among others
namely; that is (to say); in other words
① 聞いて理解すること。② 調査のために面談すること。聴取。
stripping; skinning; tearing; removing
insect catching; bug catching
high salary earner; high income earner; well-paid employee; highly-paid; in the top salary bracket
① 鼠をとること。その捕らえる器具や殺す薬剤。② 青大将の別称。③ 警察が行う交通速度取締違反の取り締まり。
traveling around getting seal stamps (travelling)
① 取り調べること。② 捜査機関が被疑者や参考人の出頭を求め、事件などに関する事情を聴取すること。
recovery; undoing; recall
① 物を手で持ったり動かしたりすること。② 世話をすること。③ 物事を処理すること。④ とりあつかうこと。
agency; commission; reception (of guests); conveyance (of messages)
coherence; order; focus; point
collection (e.g. of a debt); dunning; selection (for a position); exceptional promotion; fresh; freshly picked
steering; helmsman; coxswain; guidance; leadership; leader
① 取り合わせること。配合すること。調和。② とりなし。とりつくろい。くちぞえ。③ 調子を合わせること。追従。
debt collection; debt collector
talk (of the town); rumour; rumor; gossip
currying favour; being anxious to please; bootlicker
bout (in sports, etc.); match; effort; initiative; dealing with
(ease of) handling; operation; arrangement (of pipes, wires, etc.); layout; wrestler's belt used in a bout
skylight; dormer; transom; dormer window
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
collecting; collection; collation; gathering; arrangement; coordination
bid for popularity; publicity stunt
① 受け取る人。② かるたなどで取る側の人。③ 相撲、柔道をとる人。それらが上手な人。④ 素手で罪人をとらえる武術。⑤ 手で持てるように家具や機械類に取り付けた柄。とって。
installation; mounting; furnishing; run (on a bank); bank run
to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned
faultfinding; carping; quibbling; cavilling; caviling
as much as one can take or carry away
mediation; intermediation; procuration; entertainment; treatment; reception
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
adoption; acceptance; confiscation; midwifery; midwife
rule over the whole country
① きりとること。② コンピュータ上のデータを、別の場所へ変更を加えずに移動させること。カット。
adopting a son-in-law into one's family; marrying off one's daughter
① 参加者が、椅子に座れるかを競うゲーム。椅子の数は参加者の人数より少ないため椅子に座れなかった者が脱落していき、徐々に椅子の数を減らしていき、最終的に一人の勝ち残りを決める。② 参加者全員がいかに少ない椅子に乗っていられるかを挑戦するゲーム。徐々に椅子の数を減らしていくが参加者の数は減らないため一つの椅子に複数の人が乗ることになり、いかにバランスよく乗っていられるかが決め手になる。
way of taking (e.g. photographs); manner of taking; how to take
currying favour; being anxious to please; bootlicker
① 罪人を縛るための縄。賊などを捕らえ縛るための麻縄。早縄。捕縄。② 太刀のさやにつけるくみひも。刀を帯びる際に腰に結んでつけるもの。とりおび。あしお。
reading (e.g. by a scanner)
leading a horse, cow, etc.; groom; horse boy; hors d'oeuvre; appetizer
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 (esp. a samurai); (arch.) (skilled) archer; (arch.) bowman; (arch.) dominion of a whole province by a military family; bow-twirling ceremony at the end of a day of sumo wrestling
competition for school marks; keeping score; score
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
servant in charge of footwear
taking the lead; leadership; leader; chorus leader
bill collection; bill collector
growing older; aging ceremony (on New Year's Eve or the last night of winter)
incense burner; utensil for carrying live charcoal
rematch (e.g. in sumo when the match is too close to decide)
card to pick up (in card games); card that is picked up by players instead of read (in karuta); card printed with the second half of a poem (in karuta)
wrinkle reduction; rhytidoplasty
seed-raising; breeding; gathering news
excessive intake (e.g. coffee); overbooking
day laborer; day labourer; journeyman
karuta game in which players race to grab cards associated with a given reading
removing; clearing (away); demolishing
low-ranking unsalaried wrestler (ranked below juryo)
prisoner's base (children's game); (arch.) man-eating monster
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
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
footwear carrier; servant who carried his master's footwear
ozeki wrestler's attempt to reach the rank of yokozuna; being eligible for promotion to yokozuna
spot removal, esp. from the skin; spot remover (carpets, etc.)
undergarment designed to soak up sweat
chart used to keep track of a wrestler's records during the tournament
tar, nicotine stain removal
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
pearl fishing; pearl diver
particularly; in particular; especially
arbitrage; long-short trade; pairs trade; brokerage; brokering
getting something for nothing
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
optical character reader; OCR
Magnetic Character Reader; MCR
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
talented wrestler; good at manipulating (others); crafty person
downing an opponent by grabbing his leg
taking a wife by kidnapping a woman passing by on the road