mirror; looking-glass; barrel head; page added at the beginning of a document mentioning its purpose, date, author, etc.; mirror-shaped mochi
passage (of people or vehicles); passing (through); traffic; common usage; widespread use
hindrance; obstacle; to visit (someone's home); demon who hinders Buddhist training; demon who obstructs sentient beings from maintaining moral behaviour
thank you; thanks; much (thanks); very (sorry); quite; really; somehow
sky; heaven; God; svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); deva (divine being of Buddhism); top (of a book); sole (of a Japanese sandal)
commander; general; leader
blue dragon (an auspicious creature in Chinese mythology); Azure Dragon (god said to rule over the eastern heavens)
water (esp. cool or cold); fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid; flood; floodwaters; water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout
degree (angle, temperature, scale, etc.); counter for occurrences; strength (of glasses); glasses prescription; alcohol content (percentage); alcohol by volume; extent
slope; incline; hill; milestone; (age) mark
miser; cheapskate; scrooge
Black Tortoise (god said to rule over the northern heavens); seven mansions (Chinese constellations) of the northern heavens
wood; woods; forest; bunch (of something); cluster; line
house of parliament (congress, diet, etc.); graduate school; postgraduate school; institution (often medical); institutional building; sub-temple; minor temple building
to partition; to divide; to direct; to manage; to settle accounts; to assume a crouching posture (at the start of a bout)
inept doctor; bad doctor; poor doctor; quack
fat; thick; deep (of a voice); thick; daring; shameless
outside; exterior; the open (air); other place; somewhere else
lavish feast; splendid banquet; corporate largess; lavish hospitality
present (e.g. government, administration); current; existing
gate; branch of learning based on the teachings of a single master; school; phylum; division; counter for cannons
to fill; to become full (of); to wax (of the moon); to rise (of the tide); to flow; to expire (of a period of time)
than; rather than; instead of; from; out of; except
advantageous; favourable; better; profitable; lucrative; gainful
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
above; over; top; summit; surface; on (top of); the above (in a piece of writing)
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
must not (do); should not; do not; cannot
hey; yo; hi; yessir; understood
Mr; Mrs; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
helper; supporter; second; foreign player (hired to strengthen a team)
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
grateful; thankful; welcome; appreciated; evoking gratitude
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
greatly; very much; thanks a lot
yen (currency of Japan); circle