something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
now; the present time; just now; another; more
gold (Au); golden (color); valuable; of highest value; money; gold coin; Friday
bird; bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry
pole; climax; extreme; extremity
fifth degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale)
to purify; to cleanse; to exorcise; to purge; to ward off
sudden; abrupt; urgent; pressing; steep; sharp; rapid
like; similar to; same as
criminal, administrative and civil codes (forming the basis of ancient East Asian law; orig. Chinese); legal codes of the Nara and Heian eras based on Chinese models
Kansai; region consisting of Osaka, Kobe, Kyoto and surrounding prefectures; Kansai; south-western half of Japan (during the feudal era)
Naniwa (former name for Osaka region)
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
completely empty (of a residence, etc.); vacant; body from which the soul has left; corpse; shed skin (of a snake, insect, etc.)
ordinary; common; free of charge; unaffected; as is; only
diviner; sorcerer; exorcist; medium
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
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)
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
moreover; furthermore; nevertheless; and yet
simultaneously; all at once; in unison
more and more; all the more; at last; finally; (at the) last moment; worst possible time
after (practically) no time; immediately after; just; having no time to
world; society; life; lifetime; age; era; reign
to mark the end; to spell the end
bell (often a large hanging bell); chime
to sound; to ring; to resound; to echo; to roar; to rumble
to hang up (e.g. a coat, a picture on the wall); to let hang; to put on (e.g. a blanket); to put on top of; to put on (glasses, etc.); to wear (a necklace, etc.); to make (a call)
curtain; bunting; act (in play)
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
god; deity; incredible; fantastic; (arch.) Emperor (of Japan); (arch.) thunder
Tsukushi (provinces of Chikuzen and Chikugo in northern Kyushu)
tachibana orange (Citrus tachibana)
smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name); inferior; younger (of two people with the same name)
door (esp. Japanese-style); shutter; window shutter; (arch.) entrance (to a home); (arch.) narrows
purification ceremony (performed with water); ritual purification; ablutions
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)