minimum; at the very least
to be imaginable; to be conceivable
look; glance; sight; summary; list; table
stage assistant dressed in black (in kabuki); stagehand; prompter; behind-the-scenes supporter; string-puller
rise; increase; income; takings; completion; end; end result (e.g. of crafts)
newcomer showing great promise; bright new talent
guarantee; security; assurance; pledge; warranty
trial manufacture; experiment; test piece; prototype
chapter; section; medal; badge; insignia
provisional; temporary; tentative
(arch.) office; (arch.) official; chief; head; (Yaeyama Islands in Okinawa) person (usually a woman) whose duty it is to officiate at religions ceremonies
body; body blow (in boxing)
feeling of relief (for the time being); peace of mind (for now)
(brother and sister) born of a different mother
minority group (party); minority
caterpillar fungus (esp. Cordyceps sinensis)
under repair; out of service
to knit; to plait; to braid; to compile (anthology, dictionary, etc.); to edit
business affairs of a company; clerical business of a Shinto shrine
fiery chariot; kasha (mythical beast said to devour dead bodies); (in China) train (i.e. steam locomotive); (arch.) vile old hag
cut in the skin caused by a vacuum formed by a whirlwind; mythical weasel-like creatures riding on whirlwinds and inflicting sharp, painless wounds
to entrust (someone) with; to leave (a matter) with someone; to have someone deliver (a message, parcel, etc.); to send (through someone); to use (something) to express (one's feelings, opinion, etc.); to express in the form of (something)
missing (of a person); lost; unaccounted for; whereabouts unknown
the eight early Japanese Buddhist sects; the eight Japanese monks who visited China during the early Heian period
lapis lazuli; lapis lazuli (color); beryl; mall blue passerine bird (esp. the blue-and-white flycatcher and the Siberian blue robin, but also the red-flanked bluetail); glass
three noble families (Kan'in, Kazan'in, and Nakanoin or Koga); three branch Tokugawa families (Owari, Kii, and Mito)
monk; priest; sangha (the Buddhist community)
kingfisher (esp. the common kingfisher, Alcedo atthis); jade (gem); beautiful lustrous colour similar to that of the kingfisher's feathers
kanji "strike" radical at right (radical 66)
flight from one's country; seeking asylum; defection; emigration (for political reasons); (going into) exile; becoming a (political) refugee