living; lifestyle; living room
your native country; your hometown; my home country (i.e. Japan); countryside; country; (arch.) daimyo's territory (Edo period)
excellent sweet; confection of an established name
to have no way of knowing; to be completely ignorant of
troop headquarters; stronghold; inn designated for use by a daimyo (Edo period)
please; I beg you; for mercy's sake
being on duty; person on duty
electricity; (electric) light
to correct; to touch up; to smarten up; to put one's hand in (e.g. pocket)
graceful; ladylike; modest; gentle; polite; quiet
being bad at communication; being unsociable
sagacity; wisdom; intelligence
stands; bleachers; stand (e.g. newspaper stand); counter (e.g. lunch counter); stand (e.g. inkstand); desk lamp
family name; house name; family honour; family honor
to read a kanji with a different pronunciation; to load (e.g. data on a computer); to read; to change the language or wording (of a provision, etc.); to apply a different term
gaudy (esp. of makeup or clothing); garish; glitzy; loud
vajra (indestructible substance); diamond; adamantine; thunderbolt; Indra's weapon; Buddhist symbol of the indestructible truth
un-Japanese in appearance or character
finely chiseled (features)
secret information; intelligence
sly; cunning; sneaky; miserly; mean; stingy
staff officer; military staff; adviser; counselor; counsellor
Sleeping Beauty (ballet by Tchaikovsky)
obstacle; impediment; hindrance; handicap; impairment; disability
lightweight fabric or clothing; silk gauze; thin silk; Latin (language)
Orkut; former Google social networking site
character (in a play or novel); dramatis personae
to chuckle to oneself; to gloat (over)
sleazebag; asshole; shithead; lowlife
upper grades of primary school (sixth, fifth, and sometimes fourth grades)
above-mentioned; above-named; above
stealth; travelling incognito (traveling); ninjutsu; ninja; sneak theft; sneak thief; tolerance
rejection (of an application)