to strike; to clap; to play drums; to abuse; to bash; to consult; to sound out
journal; magazine; periodical
autograph; signature; sign; signal; indication
receiving; reception; eating; drinking; please; please do for me
resentment; grudge; malice; matter for regret; regret
bookstore; bookshop; publisher; main building
considerable; great; important; significant; a big deal
coloured paper; colored paper
to smoke; to breathe in; to suck; to sip; to absorb; to soak up
to save; to rescue; to help; to assist; to support (financially); to contribute (to)
(necessary) personnel; required person
number of days; period of days; daily interest rate
rest; recess; vacation; holiday; dormancy (of a silkworm prior to moulting)
speaking of ...; when it comes to ...; as for ...; if one were to say ...
to search about for; to hunt around for; to look high and low for; to look everywhere for
to make someone drink; to force someone to drink; to serve (alcohol); to treat someone (to drinks); to be drinkable (esp. of alcohol); to be palatable
after (a long process); at the end of; last line (of a renga)
paying for one's mistakes; getting one's just deserts; suffering the consequences (of one's own actions); reap what you sow
having enough of (food, drink, etc.); having one's fill; fully enjoying
tourist attraction; sight-seeing area
proximity; nearness; soon; nearby
outdoors; outside; open air; fields; outskirts; suburbs
all night long; all through the night
argument; discussion; theory (e.g. of evolution); doctrine; essay; treatise
to let (someone) hear; to tell (e.g. a story); to make (someone) listen; to make (someone) understand; to grip (someone) with skilful singing, storytelling, etc.; to hold (someone) enchanted by
wink of sleep; snooze; doze; nap
to stay indoors; to be confined indoors
device; contrivance; trick; trap; (small) scale; half finished; commencement
bamboo grass; generally smaller species of running bamboo that do not shed their sheaths (e.g. Sasa spp.)
to unite; to join; to do together; to confuse with
horse mackerel (Carangidae spp., esp. the Japanese horse mackerel, Trachurus japonicus); jack mackerel; pompano; scad
the greater embraces the less; better too big than too small
(apparently) that's what it's like, isn't it
to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside
container; receptacle; case; inserting; putting in
spurious article; forgery; counterfeit; imitation; sham
rod; pole; neck (of a shamisen, etc.); shamisen; beam (i.e. the crossbar of a balance); single line (esp. as a flying formation for geese); penis