license with a red seal (licence); shogunate license to trade (licence)
book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter
to send (a thing); to dispatch; to take or escort (a person somewhere); to see off (a person); to bid farewell (to the departed); to bury; to spend (time)
entrusting; charge; delegation; authorization
useless; futile; unnecessary; needless; not on business; unrelated
activity (of a person, organization, animal, volcano, etc.); action; movie (esp. during the silent movie period)
severe; strict; hard (to do); difficult; intense (e.g. cold); harsh (weather)
regulation; (traffic) policing; control; restriction
possibly; apparently; (seem) likely; somehow or other; with difficulty; barely
misunderstanding; mistaken idea; wrong guess
resentment; grudge; malice; matter for regret; regret
still; much more; (not) yet; still a long way to go; still a long way off; not there yet
leaving a decision to someone else (often of a meal to be selected by the chef); omakase
so much; so often; oh, yes!; that's it; that's right; quite
to hold (an event); to give (a dinner, party, etc.); to feel (sensation, emotion, call of nature, etc.); to show signs of
great success; roaring business; busy; packed-out
to do completely; to do accidentally; to do without meaning to; to happen to do
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
as one would expect; naturally; indeed; still; all the same; after all
being quick-eared; having sharp ears; being first to know about something
announcement; presentation; demonstration; displaying; showing; introducing
it seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?
deplorable; regrettable; disappointing; vexing; unfortunate
to say; to speak; to tell; to talk
to partition; to divide; to direct; to manage; to settle accounts; to assume a crouching posture (at the start of a bout)
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
proposal; offer; request; application
able; capable; competent; able person; person of ability
to be decided; to be settled; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.)
since some time ago; for some time; for quite a while
to weigh on one's mind; to bother one; to be interested (in); to be curious (about); to feel like (doing); to feel inclined to
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
figure; form; appearance; dress; state; condition
to (happen to) see; to notice; to catch sight of
again and again; repeatedly
messenger; envoy; emissary
to say; to tell; to state; to do
so; like that; that's right; indeed; let me see...
surely (not); certainly (not)
article (in document); provision; stripe; streak; although; though