elegant; graceful; refined; leisurely; comfortable; easy
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)
name; given name; title; fame; renown; pretext
prefecture (Japan); county (China, Taiwan, Norway, etc.); department (France); province (Italy, Spain, etc.)
interest; entertainment; pleasure; implicit comparison (style of the Shi Jing)
palace; tonic (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); ancient Chinese punishment (castration for men, or confinement for women); zodiacal sign
station (esp. a police station); office (e.g. tax office)
search (esp. in criminal investigations); investigation; inquiry; enquiry
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
lesson; section (in an organization); division; counter for lessons and chapters (of a book)
to work (for); to be employed (at); to serve (as); to act (as); to conduct a religious service
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
(police) detective; criminal matter
direct; immediate; personal; firsthand
fate; destiny (esp. as a mysterious force that binds two people together); relationship (e.g. between two people); bond; family ties; affinity; opportunity
as a matter of fact; to tell the truth
(a) little; (a) few; slight; only; just; merely
no more than; just; only; mere; goes no further than
after that; afterwards; thereafter
class; order; et cetera; etc.; equal; iso-
continuously in some state (for a long time, distance); throughout; much (better, etc.); by far; far away; long ago
there is no need to ...; never happens; there is never a time when
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
after an interval of ... years; for the first time in ... years
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
to meet (by chance); to come across; to meet (e.g. of rivers, highways, etc.); to emerge and engage (an enemy)
that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
Shōwa era (1926.12.25-1989.1.7); reminiscent of the Shōwa era; Shōwa- nostalgic; old-fashioned
at that time; in those days
by all means; at any cost; whether (one is) willing or not; willingly or unwillingly; on no account; by no means
Mr; Mrs; clan; he; him; counter for people
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
concerning; regarding; per (e.g. 100 yen per person); for every
explanation; exposition; description; account; caption; legend
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
recollection; retrospection; reflection; reminiscence
anything and everything; from top to toe; from A to Z
darkness; the dark; bewilderment; despair; hidden place; secrecy
to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do