processing; dealing with; treatment; disposition; disposal
special occupation; principal occupation; specialty; monopoly
after that (a substantive change occurred)
another name; nickname; alias; synonym (taxonomy)
elegance; dandyism; sophistication; affectation; showing off; putting on an air
to harm; to cause harm to
to grumble; to be unsettled; to grizzle
to meet; to face someone; to co-star; to appear together; to be matched; to face against
expansion and contraction; elasticity; flexibility
archipelago; chain of islands
Japan; the (Japanese) empire
drawing; picture; diagram; sight; scene
archipelago; group of islands
cormorant (Phalacrocoracidae spp.)
visiting an island; trip to an island
uninhabited island; desert island
deep; profound; dense; thick; close (relationship); intense; strong
cruiser (i.e. warship or cabin cruiser)
to transfer (trains); to change (bus, train); to change (to another ideology, party, company, etc.); to switch (to a different system, method, etc.); to move on to (e.g. a new love interest)
success in life; getting ahead; successful career; promotion; climbing the corporate ladder; eminence
area; vicinity; side; edge; circumstances
to have a feeling (that); to have a sensation (that)
to be vague; to speak ambiguously; to be evasive; to not commit oneself
half; semi-; half-past; odd number; (arch.) unit of land area (595.8 m^2)
learning by ear; memory of having heard something before
possible; likely; probable
thinking; thought; idea; notion; intention; plan
welcome!; nice to see you!
(arch.) poor; (arch.) unskillful; (arch.) clumsy; I; me
to put on (one's head); to wear; to be covered with (dust, snow, etc.); to pour (water, etc.) on oneself; to bear (e.g. someone's debts, faults, etc.); to take (blame); to overlap (e.g. sound or color)
dressing in kimono without hakama (for a man); dressing casually
geta; Japanese wooden clogs; turn (in set-type proofing); upside-down character
rash; eruption (in response to a skin irritant); influence; crazy about; having an affectation concerning all things surrounding something (esp. a language, a culture, etc.)
resemblance; similarity; likeness; analogy
landing; going ashore; disembarkation; making landfall (of a typhoon); striking land; hitting land
odds and ends; all; every
to look after; to take care of; to be put in charge of; to be given responsibility for; to withhold (an announcement); to reserve (judgment)