ordinary; common; commonplace; mediocre; unremarkable; undistinguished
unsophisticated; ruggedly honest; artless; unaffected; simple; naive
halting (speech); faltering; stammering
consideration; concern; attention; thoughtfulness; making arrangements; care
pain; anguish; distress; suffering; hardship
release; unleashing; liberation; deallocation (of computer memory)
just cause; good reason; pretext; duty (to one's country, sovereign, etc.)
hindrance; obstacle; harm; bad effect; sickness
period of time; time slot; time zone
bill; handbill; flier; flyer; leaflet; poster
sense; idea; desire; concern; attention; care
Middle Ages (in Japan esp. the Kamakura and Muromachi periods); medieval times; mediaeval times
limiting conditions; constraint
Manchukuo (Japanese Manchurian puppet state; 1932-1945)
certain amount; some; certain person; Mr So-and-so; (arch.) I; (arch.) me
hope of success; prospects of success
indicates uncertainty or second hand nature of information quoted
February; second month of the lunar calendar
openly (unashamedly) in broad daylight
Hiroshima (city, prefecture)
attack; offence; dominant partner of a homosexual relationship; a barrage of; a flood of
November; eleventh month of the lunar calendar
completion of construction
to put someone to trouble
on the same occasion; at the same time; coincidentally; along with; partly (to do, for)
to apologize; to apologise
head; chief; top student; head of the class; top seat; first desk (in orchestra)
transmission (e.g. news, chemical signals, electricity); communication; delivery; conveyance; transfer; relay
convening; calling together (e.g. parliament); call-up (for military service)
silence (not speaking); muteness
operations (a strategy) on two fronts; two-pronged strategy
connection; link; relationship
master (of a house, shop, etc.); husband; sir; boss; patron of a mistress, geisha, bar or nightclub hostess; sugar daddy
tune; tone; vein; mood; condition; state of health
serious; important; significant; grave; weighty
large country; major nation; great power; province of the highest rank (ritsuryo system)
information transfer; information transmission
content-free chat; idle gossip
book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter
leak (of secrets, information, etc.); disclosure; divulging; leak (of gas, liquid, etc.); leakage; escape (of gas)
Ozawa Jisaburou (1886.10.2-1966.11.9)