opening and shutting; opening and closing
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
greeting; a fine thing to say
good fortune (esp. omikuji fortune-telling result); good luck; auspiciousness; unspecified day of the month (used to obscure the date a letter, invitation, etc. was written)
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)
to do wholeheartedly; to put one's heart into something
first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
debut; initial stage appearance
to aim at (for, to do, to become); to try for; to have an eye on; to go toward; to head for
to follow; to come along with one; to accompany
reserve; constraint; declining; refraining; forethought; foresight
to resign; to retire; to quit; to leave (one's job, etc.)
to receive; to take; to get somebody to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
splendid; nice; sufficient; fine (in the sense of "I'm fine"); well enough; OK
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
not less than; ... and over; beyond (e.g. one's expectations); above; above-mentioned; aforementioned
at once; immediately; without delay; promptly
to start; to begin; to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to start ...; to begin to ...
training clothes (judo, kendo, etc.); practice suit
please remember me; please help me; please treat me well; please do; please take care of
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
being deeply moved emotionally; excitement; passion; inspiration; deep emotion; strong impression
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
feeling; sense; impression
crowd of people; great number of people; in great numbers
to avoid; to refrain from; to shun; to detest
such; like that; that sort of; very
originally; by nature; from the start
God; god; ace; king; superior person
to lift up; to hold up; to give; to offer; to devote; to sacrifice
holiness; sacredness; sanctity; dignity
letter (of alphabet); character; writing
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
to convey; to report; to transmit; to communicate; to tell; to impart
hand; arm; forepaw; foreleg; handle; hand; worker
foot; paw; leg; gait; pace; bottom structural component (i.e. radical) of a kanji; means of transportation