sheaf of rice; bundle of rice plants
to air; to dry; to drain (off); to drink up; to deprive of a role, job, etc.
use; application; employment; utilization; utilisation
to make good; to improve; to do often; to be kind to; to treat well
mechanism; machinery; trick; dodge; mechanical doll; string puppet
like this; this sort; this way
to think of; to come up with
China (sometimes also used in ref. to Korea or other foreign countries)
memory; ability to remember
China; Chūgoku region (western part of Honshu comprising the prefectures of Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi, Tottori and Shimane); central part of a country; main region; province of the second lowest rank (ritsuryo system)
intellectual property; IP
reproduction; duplication; reprinting
permission; approval; authorization; to permit; to authorize
through; throughout; through (the good offices of); by way of
to take something into ...; to bring in; to lodge (a complaint); to file (a plan); to bring to (a state: tied game, vote, trial, etc.)
to spread; to propagate; to popularize; to broaden; to extend; to widen
coming and going; keeping in touch; visiting each other; street traffic; highway
(giving) birth; childbirth; native of; product of; assets; property
sweeping conquest; sweeping over; conquering; invading
princess; spoiled girl; hothouse flower; glue
monopoly; monopolization; exclusivity; hogging; keeping to oneself
to make good; to improve; to do often; to be kind to; to treat well
expectation; anticipation; purpose; intention; others' opinions of one; speculation
extremely; terrifically; super
anger; being angry; being mad
light; right; right field; right fielder
transactions; dealings; business
double; double bed; hotel room with a double bed; double-breasted; double-cuffed; double width (of cloth; usu. 1.42 meters); doubles (e.g. in tennis)
higher rank; better position
something broad and flat; common; ordinary; low-ranking employee; freshman
on the roof; court nobles
chief councillor of state; chief councilor of state; large-grained variety of adzuki bean
the five regent houses; five families of the Fujiwara clan (Konoe, Kujo, Nijo, Ichijo, and Takatsukasa) entrusted as imperial regents and advisors starting in the Kamakura period
seeming to be; appearing to be; like; similar to; in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that