person; character; one's character; one's personality; able person; talented person
introduction; presentation; referral; listing
chapter; section; medal; badge; insignia
man (esp. one who is well-respected); samurai; person (in a certain profession, esp. licensed); member
family; relatives; dependents; household
obstacle; hindrance; impediment; difficulty
association; fellowship; change (of season, year, etc.)
state (US, Australia, India, Germany, etc.); province (e.g. Canada); continent; (arch.) dear
indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.
to govern; to manage; to subdue
Mr; Mrs; clan; he; him; counter for people
(political) administration; political power
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question
(present) head of a family
district; county; district (of 2-20 50-home neighbourhoods or townships, in the ritsuryo period)
viceroy; governor-general
ghost; apparition; phantom; spectre; specter; demon
another name; nickname; alias; synonym (taxonomy)
to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last
strategy; stratagem; trick; scheme; plot
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
vice; immorality; corruption
energy; vigor; vigour; vitality
lively; vigorous; energetic; full of (energy, appetite, curiosity, etc.); brimming with
diplomacy; selling (e.g. door-to-door); canvassing
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
self-government; autonomy; local (governmental) autonomy
to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
retention; maintenance; preservation
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
efforts; exertion; endeavour; assistance; services
younger brother; little brother; brother-in-law (spouse's younger brother or younger sister's husband); (arch.) pupil; (arch.) apprentice
gō; traditional unit of volume, approx. 0.1804 litres; gō; traditional unit of area, approx 0.33 metres square; one-tenth of the way from the base to the summit of a mountain; conjunction; sum
to manage (all by oneself); to control; to run; to take charge of
erratic; offbeat; wild; extraordinary
action; conduct; behaviour; behavior; mobilization; mobilisation
racing (of an engine); spinning one's wheels; running idle; fruitless effort; going nowhere; going round in circles
settlement (of affairs); remedial measures; cleaning up afterwards
to perform; to do; to conduct oneself; to carry out