capable person; talented person; human resources; personnel
to turn (around); to appropriate; to set aside for a purpose
to be completed; to be finished; to be ready (e.g. to serve or eat); to be very drunk
minute (unit of time); fun (one tenth of a monme, 5.787 grains)
use; utilization; utilisation; application
to attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry
to move; to shift; to inspire; to rouse; to change; to alter; to operate
heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling); depressed; slow; sluggish; important (position, responsibility, etc.)
to row; to scull; to pedal (e.g. bicycle); to swing (on a swing); to operate a hand pump; to push through (deep snow, the jungle, etc.)
comfort; ease; easy; simple; (economically) comfortable; raku pottery
end; verge; extremity; miss; failure; blank (e.g. lottery ticket)
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
black lustre; black luster
wooden; made of wood; wooden construction
school building; schoolhouse
character style; character form
bungalow; one-story house
bar set in a horizontal position; horizontal bar
front entrance; front door
to jump in; to leap in; to plunge into; to burst in; to barge in
front; frontage; facade; main
framed picture or motto (usu. horizontal, hung over gates or lintels)
letter (of alphabet); character; writing
your; indicates high rank or status; indicates love and respect (usu. for an older person)
Shōtoku Taishi (574CE-627CE); Prince Shōtoku
saint; wise and virtuous person (esp. in Confucianism); great religious teacher; refined sake
The Seventeen-Article Constitution
a verse (e.g. in the Bible); stanza; paragraph; passage; a joint; section
sum; harmony; peace; Japan; Japanese-style
purpose for which money is spent; the way money is spent; how goods are used
to build up; to establish; to form; to become (a state); to accomplish; to achieve; to change into
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
(picture) frame; framed picture; amount (esp. of money); sum
to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend
classroom; lecture room; department (in a university); class; lessons; school (for a particular discipline)
corridor; hallway; passageway
right; right-hand side; afore-mentioned (esp. in vertical Japanese writing); foregoing; forgoing
to advance; to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to improve; to deepen
vertical line; vertical bar; upright; note stem (music)
pupil; student; schoolchild
to match (rhythm, speed, etc.); to join together; to unite; to face; to be opposite (someone); to compare; to check with
all; entire; whole; altogether
left side; left-hand side