expressly; especially; taking the trouble (to do); intentionally; deliberately
Nagasaki (city, prefecture)
age; years; longevity; long life; congratulation; celebration
counter for buildings (esp. houses); suffix for a pen name, stage name, etc.
finally; at last; barely; narrowly; gradually; little by little
to convey; to report; to transmit; to communicate; to tell; to impart
ace up one's sleeve; trump card; basic melody (esp. on koto and shamisen); proper move (in go, shogi, etc.); appropriate move; expert
to take lessons in; to be taught; to learn (from a teacher); to study (under a teacher); to get training in
pains; hard work; effort; trouble; labour; labor
at that time; in those days
leader; pioneer; guide; leader (in Shugendō)
hydroplane (submarines); diving plane; diving rudder
indicates two contrasting actions; (arch.) indicates possessive (often found in place names and compound words)
everyone; anyone; no one; nobody
to keep secret; to conceal
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
from afar; over a great distance; all the way
from afar; over a great distance; all the way
to ask; to enquire; to inquire; to search; to look for; to look into
to memorize; to memorise; to learn; to pick up; to feel; to think
old manners; old style; old school (of art)
custom; practice; said; aforementioned; instance; example
habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
to be called ...; to be referred to as ...
natural; right; proper; naturally; as a matter of course; rightly
going; travelling; act; action; bank; counter for banks; counter for groups or parties of people
line (of text); row; carya (austerities); samskara (formations); semi-cursive style (of writing Chinese characters); running style
just; right; pure; genuine; truth
to sharpen; to hone; to wash (rice); to scour; to polish
to permit; to allow; to forgive; to pardon; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to acknowledge
depending on; as soon as; immediately after; as (e.g. "as one is told", "as one wishes"); whatever (e.g. "whatever is at hand"); order; program
to hear; to be told; to know; to receive (order); to undertake; to comply
base (of a plant, tree, pillar, etc.); (part near the) root; roots (of one's hair); root (e.g. of a problem); source
to go upstream; to go back (in time, to origin); to date back to; to trace back to
very; extremely; terrible; horrid; remarkable; extraordinary
insistent; obstinate; persistent; too rich (taste, etc.); fatty; heavy
each time it happens; at all such times
each (every) time; whenever
doubt; question; uncertainty; skepticism; scepticism; suspicion
to raise; to raise up; to wake; to wake up; to cause; to bring about; to start
on the contrary; rather; all the more; instead
state; condition; the way things should be; ideal state; truth
(some) more; even more; longer; further