lower government office (ritsuryo system); servant of a higher ranking person (during the middle ages); retainer; servant of an urban family; serf
to insert; to include; to incorporate; to cut in (printing)
to lick; to lap; to taste; to experience (esp. a hardship); to look down on (someone); to make fun of
to continue; to keep up; to keep on
vanguard; advance-guard point; advance detachment; vanguard; pioneer; avant-garde
mobilization; mobilisation
again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and
false charge; slander; defamation
circumference; girth; surroundings; neighbourhood; people surrounding oneself; surrounding circumstances
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
to disappear; to vanish; to go out (of a fire, light, etc.); to die; to fade (of a feeling, impression, etc.); to vanish (e.g. of hope); to go away (e.g. of a smell, itchiness, sleepiness)
to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to have a good command of (a language); to play proficiently (of a musical instrument); to work (a puppet); to pull the strings of a puppet
great-grandfather; great-granddad; great-grandad
something broad and flat; common; ordinary; low-ranking employee; freshman
poisoning; kill by poison
grandfather; old man; kyogen mask used for the role of an old man
principle; aim; main purpose; central part; pillar
death in battle; death on the battlefield
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
parent; parents; dealer (in cards, mahjong, etc.); banker; founder; inventor; (pet) owner
younger brother; little brother; brother-in-law (spouse's younger brother or younger sister's husband); (arch.) pupil; (arch.) apprentice
to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned
to be hit; to strike; to touch; to be in contact; to be equivalent to; to be applicable; to be right on the money (of a prediction, criticism, etc.)
being full; (counting) completed years (e.g. when calculating age); full (years, months, etc.); Manchuria
premeditated murder; deliberate murder; willful murder; wilful murder
heir; successor; family estate; family fortune; headship of a family
should; must; -able; probably; likely
very young; little; childish; immature
child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young (animal); young woman; offshoot
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
to remove; to eliminate; to eradicate; to exclude; to except
everyone; anyone; no one; nobody
to disappear (of people or animals); to go (away); to leave; to no longer exist
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
moreover; furthermore; nevertheless; and yet
head of family; originator
to be descended from; to inherit (a disposition, etc.) from one's ancestors
ordinary; common; free of charge; unaffected; as is; only
to take out; to get out; to put out; to reveal; to submit (e.g. thesis); to turn in; to publish