person; character; one's character; one's personality; able person; talented person
introduction; presentation; referral; showcase (of a product)
chapter; section; medal; badge; insignia
practitioner; specialist; man (esp. one who is well-respected); samurai
family; relatives; dependents; household
obstacle; hindrance; impediment; difficulty
association; fellowship; change (of season, year, etc.)
state (of the US, Australia, India, Germany, etc.); province (e.g. of Canada); continent; province (of Japan); province (of ancient China); prefecture
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 rule; to govern; to reign over; to subdue; to suppress; to quell
Mr; Mrs; clan; he; him; counter for people
(political) administration; political power
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
(present) head of a family
Cochin (breed of chicken)
district; county; district (of 2-20 50-home neighbourhoods or townships, in the ritsuryō period); commandery (in China)
viceroy; governor-general
ghost; apparition; phantom; spectre; specter; demon
another name; nickname; alias; synonym
to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last
scheme; plot; artifice; stratagem; trick
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to excel; to surpass; to be superior; to be conspicuous (esp. forehead and eyebrows); to be prominent; to stand out
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; so
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
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
father; father (e.g. of a discipline); pioneer (e.g. of field of research); God; Father
gō; traditional unit of volume, approx. 180 ml; gō; traditional unit of area, approx 0.33 square meters; one-tenth of the distance from the base to the summit of a mountain; conjunction; sum
at; in; at; when; by; with
(foreign) trade; (international) commerce; importing and exporting
to manage (all by oneself); to control; to run; to take charge of
erratic; offbeat; wild; unconventional; extraordinary; weird
action; conduct; behaviour; behavior; mobilization; mobilisation
racing (of an engine); idling; spinning (without grabbing; of wheels); going round in circles (of an argument, discussion, etc.); going nowhere; being fruitless
settlement (of a matter); sorting out; winding up (affairs); cleaning up afterwards; tidying up (when finished)
to perform; to do; to conduct oneself; to carry out