stinking; smelly; suspicious; fishy; clumsy; unskilled
odour; odor; scent; aura; whiff; smacks of ...
story; tale; talk; discussion
letter; missive; note; mail
to reach; to touch; to be delivered; to arrive; to be attentive; to be scrupulous
draft (for a speech, bill, etc.)
to start; to begin; to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to start ...; to begin to ...
style; way; shape; form; appearance; state
as is; as it is; as things are; like this; this way; at this rate
China under the Qing dynasty; Qing China; Qing dynasty
like; similar to; as with; in the same way
the West; the Occident; Western countries
various countries; various regions; various provinces
food; foodstuff; prey; victim
one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of
to remove; to take off; to drop (e.g. from a team); to remove (from a position); to leave (e.g. one's seat); to go away from
feudal domain (Edo and early Meiji periods, precursor to current prefectures); fiefdom; province
medicine; the healing art; healing; doctor
as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that...; trying to...
studying abroad; travelling to study; traveling to study
in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; take care (so as); hoping or wishing for something
request; favour (to ask); wish; please
to say; to tell; to state; to do
two swords; being skilled in two fields; (an) expert in two fields; liking both alcohol and sweets; person who likes alcohol and sweets equally well; bisexual (person)
to shine; to be visible; to be tinged with; to rise (of water levels); to flow in; to be felt (i.e. as an emotion); to come over one
to go; to come; to be defeated; to collapse; to be annoyed; to be nonplussed
older brother; elder brother
memento (esp. of a deceased person); keepsake; heirloom; remembrance; souvenir
sword (esp. Japanese single-edged); katana; scalpel; chisel; burin; knife money (knife-shaped commodity money used in ancient China)
outward appearance; ostensible; public; official
(medical) doctor; physician
mind; heart; spirit; the meaning of a phrase (riddle, etc.)
will; resolution; kindness; goodwill; gift (as a token of gratitude)
to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to arrive at (a certain outcome); to come to; to end with
to go; to come; to be defeated; to collapse; to be annoyed; to be nonplussed
to build up; to establish; to form; to become (a state); to accomplish; to achieve; to change into
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
as (e.g. "do as one is told", "as we age we gain wisdom"); wherever (e.g. "wherever my fancy took me")
to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to cease; to stop
to have meaning; to be meaningful
morale (of troops, team, etc.); esprit de corps
as it is; as one likes; because; condition; state
to take; to carry (something) away; to bear
to bite; to chew; to gnaw; to fumble one's words (esp. during a play, broadcast, etc.); to falter with one's words; to crash against (e.g. of waves); to break onto (shore)
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely