teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder
after all; because; but; even; too; as well
to leak out (a secret); to be exposed (a lie, improper behaviour, etc.); to be found out; to get away (of fish)
to be silent; to say nothing
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
conclusion from reasoning, judgement or calculation based on something read or heard; reason; cause; meaning; circumstances; situation
to quiet; to calm down; to compose oneself; to settle down
on the contrary; rather; all the more; instead
fetters; shackles; hobbles; encumbrance; hindrance; burden
unskillful; poor; awkward; imprudent; untactful
to move; to stir; to operate; to run; to make a move; to take action; to be touched
thing that should be (carefully) avoided; no-no; thing to definitely not do; something forbidden; taboo
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
companion; fellow; group; company; member of the same category (family, class)
to be (in contrast to something that is not the case)
cooperative body; cooperative system; collective; community
same; identical; equal; anyway; anyhow; in either case
father (esp. used in samurai families prior to the Meiji period)
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
body; oneself; one's place; one's position; main part; meat (as opposed to bone, skin, etc.)
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound
that's the way it is; such is life
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); just like (someone)
composition; synthesis; composite photo; (function) composition
vitality; (one's) life force
strong; potent; strong; brawny; good (at); skilled; being able to handle
beast (i.e. any animal other than man); person reborn into the animal realm; brute (i.e. a contemptible human being); damn it; damn
to release; to let go; to free; to add (pieces of eggplant, potato, etc.) to water, broth, etc.
to set free; to let go; to release; to miss (e.g. a chance); to lose; to let get away
useless resistance; vain struggle
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
to be effective; to take effect; to work; to function well; to be possible (to do, use, etc.); to be able to
go that far; to that extent