serious matter; major incident; matter of grave concern; crisis
hypothesis; supposition; assumption
in range; within the limits (of...); within (a) range
strike (e.g. in baseball, bowling)
(not) even once; (not) ever
labor union; labour union; trade union
annotation; explanatory note; comment
sum; harmony; peace; Japan; Japanese-style
manager; steward; factotum; useful person
rank; place (e.g. first place); decimal place; counter for ghosts
collaboration; joint work
shō; traditional unit of volume, approx. 1.8 litres
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
new; unused; new; obvious; natural
(arch.) like that; (arch.) as such; yeah; uh-huh
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
messenger; police and judicial chief (Heian and Kamakura periods); klesha (polluting thoughts such as greed, hatred and delusion, which result in suffering)
cooperation; conciliation; harmony; coordination
name (esp. on a deed, contract, etc.); moral duty; justification; pretext
un-; non-; negative prefix
child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young (animal); young woman; offshoot
to look back on (the past); to reflect on; to look behind (at); to turn round (and look); to consider; to concern oneself about
person; -er; (arch.) expert; (arch.) geisha; (arch.) prostitute
qian (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: heaven, northwest)
the country; countryside; outskirts; suburbs; presence; being in attendance
profit; advantage; benefit; rebirth in paradise, entering nirvana
pluralizing suffix; or so; rough indicator of direction, location, amount, etc.; nominalizing suffix
green dragon tile; winning hand with a pung (or kong) of green dragon tiles
labor-management cooperation; labour-management cooperation
speaking of ...; when it comes to ...; as for ...; if one were to say ...
being able to hear something (clearly); clearness of a sound; reputation; renown; impression (that something gives off); respectability
puppet; marionette; puppeteer; (arch.) prostitute
to be degraded; to come down in the world; to lose status; to be ruined; to fall low
gathering; meeting; assembly; collection; attendance
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
to cross (legs or arms); to link (arms); to put together; to construct; to braid; to plait; to grapple
serious; important; significant; grave; weighty
no problem; all right; not an issue; unobjectionable
to join hands together; to join forces; to collaborate
immediate; prompt; quick; rapid; urgent; pressing