order; turn; sorting; obedient; docile; submissive
big; large; loud; extensive; spacious; important
small; fine; minute; stingy; cheap
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
ship; boat; tank; tub; counter for boat-shaped containers (e.g. of sashimi)
white-eye family of birds (Zosteropidae); Japanese white-eye (Zosterops japonicus)
to fly; to soar; to jump; to leap; to spatter; to scatter; to hurry
(ancient) Japan; Yamato (former province located in present-day Nara Prefecture)
the East; the Orient; (East) Asia; Japan
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise
to get on (train, plane, bus, ship, etc.); to get in; to get on (e.g. a footstool); to step on; to reach; to go over; to follow
roughly; approximately; round about; cursorily; briefly; quickly
even if; even though; however; no matter how
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
washing; laundry; relaxing; taking a break
injury; wound; mistake; accident; loss
won't; hasn't; isn't; won't you
extra; more; unnecessary; needless; all the more; even more
to leak out (a secret); to be exposed (a lie, improper behaviour, etc.); to be found out; to get away (of fish)
head; hair (on one's head); mind; brains; leader; chief; top
sumi; India ink; squid ink; octopus ink; carpenter's inking string
to paint; to plaster; to lacquer; to varnish; to spread; to smear
indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
through; throughout; in the course of; all over or throughout (e.g. a place)
before very long; soon; someday; of the previously mentioned; of that number; among them
point; tip; head (of a line); front; first; before; (the way) ahead
to decrease (in size or number); to diminish; to abate
pilchard (esp. Japanese pilchard, Sardinops melanostictus); sardine
dried fish (or shellfish, etc.)
counter for small animals; counter for rolls of cloth (two han in size); (arch.) counter for horses; roll of cloth
a family; a household; (one's own) style; school; gang; (yakuza) family
food; foodstuff; eating; appetite; meal; portion
greens; vegetable leaves; leaf vegetable
to be (in contrast to something that is not the case)
to fall over; to fall down; to fall; to flop (e.g. of a play); to be a flop
to line up; to stand in a line; to rival; to match; to equal