authority; expert; counter for messages, letters, notes, documents, etc.; understanding (esp. of male-female relations); tact; supernatural powers
approximate (number); rough (calculation); sloppy (person); lackadaisical
tool; implement; means; furniture
to borrow; to have a loan; to rent; to hire
with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous
you; buddy; monarch; ruler; he; she
honorific/polite/humble prefix
mark; guide; purpose; aim; sight (on a firearm)
handsome man; looker; good guy; great guy; influential person (esp. in the yakuza); sumo wrestler
indicates reason or excuse; indicates dissatisfaction; indicates desire to be pampered or indulged
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
he; she; that person; that; that one; that thing
for; for the sake of; to one's advantage; because of; as a result of
small; little; slight; below average (in degree, amount, etc.); low (e.g. sound); soft (e.g. voice)
junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
announcement (esp. over public-address system); official announcement; formal information release
bear (any mammal of family Ursidae)
cattle (Bos taurus); cow; beef; Chinese "Ox" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
results; record; grades; marks
time; thyme; time out (e.g. in sport)
second (unit of time); arc second
whole; all; general; gross; entire; overall
subtracting points; points deducted
zero; 0; nought; nothing; zilch
large; big; older; senior; final; ultimate
congratulations!; well done!; best wishes!; all the best!
(one's) older sister; (one's) elder sister; girl
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
to lose; to be defeated; to succumb; to give in; to be inferior to; to break out in a rash due to (e.g. lacquer, shaving, etc.)
huff!; yo-heave-ho!; heigh-ho; to butter up; to suck up to
how many years; how long; what year
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
too; also; still; as before; even so; either way
in that manner; like that
to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to have a good command of (a language); to play proficiently (of a musical instrument); to work (a puppet); to pull the strings of a puppet
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
trivial; not amounting to much
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
quantity; amount; volume; number; amount of money
warehouse; storehouse; cellar; magazine; granary; godown
lovely; wonderful; nice; great; fantastic; superb
horse native to Hokkaido; person born and raised in Hokkaido