enjoyment; pleasure; diversion; anticipation; looking forward to
honorific/polite/humble prefix
preparation; arrangements; getting ready; provision; setup; reserving
request; favour (to ask); wish; please
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good
myself; yourself; I; me; you
to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
leader of a crime syndicate's henchmen; young leading subordinate in yakuza group
aid; help; assistance; assistant; counselor; counsellor
here I am; I'm home!; presently; right away; right now
than; from; out of; except; but; more
by means of; due to; because of; according to
union; alliance; combination; RENGO (Japanese Trade Union Confederation)
to start; to begin; to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to start ...; to begin to ...
first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
beginning; outset; first; onset
title; subject; problem (on a test); question; counter for questions (on a test)
rise (e.g. of a movement); emergence; rearing one's head; gaining prominence; coming to the fore; gaining power
China; Chūgoku region (western part of Honshu comprising the prefectures of Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi, Tottori and Shimane); central part of a country; main region; province of the second lowest rank (ritsuryo system)
dealing with; coping with
profit; gains; benefit; advantage; grace (of God, Buddha, etc.) (esp. as attained through rightful actions, prayer, adherence to one's faith, etc.); blessing
force; strength; capability; ability; efficacy; effect; effort
to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last
exclusion; removal; rejection; elimination; abatement; lifting (sanctions, etc.)
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
road; path; way; set of practices; Buddhist teachings; Taoism; modern administrative region of Japan (Hokkaido)
have no choice; there is nothing but; no more than
Japan's best; number one in Japan
concerning; regarding; per (e.g. 100 yen per person); for every
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
huh?; eh?; what?; oh; hey!; look!