tear; tears; lachrymal secretion; sympathy
period of time (usu. a period of approx. two hours corresponding to one of the signs of the Chinese zodiac); carving; engraving; strictness; cruelty
soldier; combatant; warrior
fate; destiny; predestination
to branch; to fork; to separate; to split; to disperse; to scatter
friend; ally; supporter; taking sides with; supporting; standing by
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)
muddiness; murkiness; impurity; Japanese voiced consonant mark; unrefined sake
sweet and sour; bittersweet
youth; springtime of life; adolescent
new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date
space (between); gap; period of time (during, while); duration; between (two parties or things); among (a group); relations (between)
to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to provide; to afford; to assign; to cause
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
thank you for your hard work; I appreciate your efforts
splendid; magnificent; utter (esp. defeat); total; (arch.) something worth seeing; (arch.) sight
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
skip it; drop it; I've had enough (e.g. when offered something); that's enough
weak; frail; delicate; tender; unskilled; weak (wine)
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
to notice; to become aware; to be scrupulous; to be attentive; to recover consciousness; to come to oneself
yes?; no?; isn't it?; is it?
injury; wound; mistake; accident; loss
operation (of a machine, etc.); operating; driving; working (capital, etc.)
hope; promise; expectation; anticipation; side of a structural member
continuously in some state (for a long time, distance); throughout; much (better, etc.); by far; far away; long ago
than; from; out of; except; but; more
child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young (animal); young woman; offshoot
landing; alighting; touch down
safety; security; safely; without incident; good health; inaction
always; all the time; never; usual; regular
after that; afterwards; thereafter
comfort; ease; easy; simple; (economically) comfortable; raku pottery
three; three years of age
he; she; this; this one; Hey, you!; You bastard!
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
feeling; sensation; preparedness; readiness; thought; sentiment
failure; mistake; blunder
not less than; ... and over; beyond (e.g. one's expectations); above; above-mentioned; aforementioned