to compare; to make a comparison; to compete; to vie
rest; break; recess; intermission
juice; soft drink (usu. fruit-based); sweetened drink
pot; (arch.) typical name for a female servant in the Edo-period; working at night; female with symptoms of gender identity disorder (e.g. a transvestite)
boiling; seething; becoming heated (e.g. debate); excitement; soaring (prices); shooting up
flour; meal; powder; dust
to add; to add up; to increase; to gather (e.g. speed); to include; to count in
the heat of food just after cooking
to bite off; to gnaw through
hard; tough; hardware; hard disk
to raise; to rear; to train; to teach; to promote the growth of; to nurture
release; unleashing; liberation; deallocation (of computer memory)
to hit (e.g. one's head); to strike; to throw (e.g. a ball, a question, a demand); to express; to vent (e.g. one's anger)
very interesting; of great interest
answer; reply; response; answer; solution; result
assistant; helper; assistant (to a professor)
naming; nominating; designating; calling on; asking for; requesting
feeling; sensation; emotion; interjection
certainly; surely; undoubtedly; just; precisely; exactly
custom; practice; said; aforementioned; instance; example
cover (of a book, magazine, etc.); binding; appearing on the cover of a magazine
rich in personality; of great individuality; highly individual; expressive of one's personality
member; participant; attendee; lineup (sport)
hard to understand; incomprehensible; unintelligible
to represent; to signify; to reveal; to show; to express; to make widely known
tender; warm; meticulous; detailed; deep (of a colour); thick (e.g. fog)
being watchful; keeping watch; keeping an eye open
grandfather; male senior-citizen
what; how; what (a) ...!; how ...!; surprisingly; to my amazement
rikka; formal style of ikebana
existence; possession; having; limited company
the person in question; the person themselves; said person
most suitable; optimum; optimal; best
prefix for forming ordinal numbers
warm; mild; warm (of a colour); mellow; having enough money
pattern; figure; state; condition; conjecture of the current situation; the way it seems; model
ping-pong; table tennis; exactly!; surely!; ding dong (sound of door bell, chime, etc.)
to dig; to excavate; to delve into; to dig up (e.g. vegetables); (for two men) to have anal sex
(air) bubble (esp. in a liquid)