to employ; to hire; to charter
to do for (someone); to take in; to deceive; to hoodwink
to express (orally); to put into words; to say out loud
stability; steadiness; equilibrium
to be effective; to be fruitful; to be worthwhile; to be worth; to be rewarded; to pay off
bishop's staff; khakkhara
step in a Japanese entranceway
haughty; arrogant; insolent; proud; overbearing
seeing off; sending off; funeral; escapement
admiration; wonder; astonishment
kneeling down on the ground; prostrate oneself
stagnation; hindrance; delay
to include (in a group or scope); to instruct; to make one understand; to include (a nuance); to put in (an implication); to put in (someone's) mouth
beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...
your honored father; your honoured father
kan (obs. unit of weight, approx. 3.75 kg, 8.3 lb); kan (obs. unit of currency, equiv. to 1000 mon in the Edo period; col. 10 mon in the Meiji period); counter for pieces of sushi; 10 points; 12 points
generic; general purpose; all-purpose
doer; performer; protagonist (in noh or kyogen); hero; speculator (in trading)
peak; summit; ridge; back of a blade
being alone; solitude; loneliness; orphan
winter jasmine (Jasminum nudiflorum)
that's right; yes; uh-huh
(husked grains of) rice; staple (product, etc.); necessity
permission; assent; compliance
clothes; garment; gown; robe; coating (e.g. glaze, batter, icing)
cloth; bujian (spade-shaped bronze coin of ancient China)
small; fine; detailed; stingy
to do one good; to be beneficial; to stand in someone else's shoes; (arch.) to care deeply for someone
flour; meal; powder; dust
deposit and withdraw; taking in and out
sluice gate; water gate; flood gate
raising and lowering; loading and unloading
drying place; drying ground
diligently; assiduously; industriously; beavering away
principal occupation; main job; professional; an expert; I (of a government official, etc.); me