occupation; profession; job; vocation; trade; calling
neck; head; dismissal; discharge
to get a crick in one's neck (while sleeping)
sake cup; small deep porcelain bowl for serving food
to peel; to skin; to pare; to hull; to bare (e.g. fangs); to open wide (e.g. eyes)
injury; wound; mistake; accident; loss
speck; dot; point; only a little; particle; only one
breaking through; breakthrough; surmounting; overcoming; exceeding; passing
to be disordered; to be disarranged; to be discomposed; to be upset; to lapse into chaos (due to war, etc.)
to bloom; to flower; to blossom; to open
ceremony; matter; affair; with regard to; as for
cruelty; coldheartedness; relentless; ruthless
iron (Fe); strong and hard (as iron); railway; railway enthusiast
pity; sorrow; pitiable; pitiful; alack; alas
to pile up; to stack; to load (car, ship, etc.); to pack; to acquire; to accumulate
box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building
to mince; to cut fine; to carve; to engrave; to tick away (time); to beat out (e.g. rhythm); to etch (into one's mind)
birth; birthplace; born in (country, month, imperial era, zodiac year, etc.)
cunning deed; sly trick; foul play; cunning person; sly fellow; cheat
pain; anguish; distress; suffering; hardship
road; path; route; way; distance; journey; road (e.g. to victory)
to part (usu. of people); to part from; to separate (of a couple); to break up; to lose (e.g. one's mother); to be bereaved
river; stream; River; the ... river
mutability (of worldly affairs); fleeting shifts and changes (of human life)
ordinary; run-of-the-mill; usual
answer; reply; response; answer; solution; result