individual; distinctive; unique; characteristic; personal; idiosyncratic
firmly rooted; deep-seated
sharing; share (on social media); market share
number; number plate; license plate
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
to raise; to lift; to boost; to enhance
monkey (esp. the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata); ape; sly person; idiot; hick; sliding wooden bolt (for holding a door or window shut); clasp used to control the height of a pot-hook
Kyūshū (southernmost of the four main islands of Japan)
Records of the Three Kingdoms; Annals of the Three Kingdoms
delivery; transfer; hand-over
bathing; to bathe; to take a bath; to enter a bath
weight; heavyweight boxer
pot; (arch.) typical name for a female servant in the Edo-period; working at night; female with symptoms of gender identity disorder (e.g. a transvestite)
cheerfully; buoyantly; happily; in high spirits
natural; reasonable; obvious
hereditary occupational group (Yamato period)
involuntarily; reluctantly; against one's inclination; against one's will; as a matter of unpleasant necessity; despite oneself
to save up; to stockpile; to stash away; to hoard; to amass; to salt away
one hundred years ago; a hundred year previously
strict prohibition; ban; interdiction
competing; competition; auction
levorotatory; laevorotatory
unevenness (of colour, paint, etc.); irregularity; unevenness (of quality, results, behaviour, etc.); inconsistency; fickleness; capriciousness
tenth day of the month; ten days
unskilled; clumsy; lousy; poor; awkward; shitty
title; subject; problem (on a test); question; counter for questions (on a test)
writing (an essay, prose, etc.); composition; formal writing with little real meaning
awkward; uncomfortable; embarrassing
palanquin; litter; bier; portable shrine
palanquin set with jewels; money and social status gained by marrying a rich and powerful man
to joke around; to do and say ridiculous things
carefree; comfortable; at ease; easygoing; happy-go-lucky
poor; pitiable; pathetic; pitiful
to do ... incessantly; to do ... hard; (arch.) to happen repeatedly; (arch.) to happen over and over again
to work (someone) hard; to push (someone) around