regret; repentance; remorse
bad taste; poor taste; gaudiness; nastiness; nasty behaviour; perverse disposition
utter villain; atrocious fiend; devil
one's own convenience; one's way; surroundings; environment; convenience; ease of use; financial circumstances
beheading (as the ending to a seppuku); (arch.) assistance; (arch.) help
pity; sympathy; compassion; affection; love
intention; plan; belief; assumption; estimate; estimation
middle-aged man; Buddhist priest
finishing blow; coup de grâce
to pierce; to stab; to sting; to bite; to sew; to stitch; to pole (a boat)
after all; because; but; even; too; as well
(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very
enjoyable; fun; pleasant; happy; delightful
(one's) older sister; (one's) elder sister; girl
I'm sorry; my apologies; may I come in?; permission; leave; dismissal
pair; set of two; pair-oared boat; pair; two of a kind
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
by no means; never!; certainly (not); surely (not); something unexpected; emergency
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
unhappy; sad; miserable; wretched; gloomy; melancholic
another place; some other place; another (person or thing); other; beyond (one's expectations, imagination, etc.); outside
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
(are you) alright?; (are you) OK?
previously; before; first; before (something or someone else); beforehand; in advance
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
to compete; to contest; to quarrel; to argue; to deny (e.g. evidence)
not feeling like doing ...; having no mind to ...; being in no mood for ...; having no intention of ...
care-taking; house-sitting; house-watching; caretaker; house-sitter
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; and everything else; and all; (not) at all; (not) in the least
to smash; to crush; to shut down; to put out of business; to wreck; to break; to butcher
book; volume; this; present; main; head; real
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to pronounce; to read (e.g. a kanji)
certain; sure; no doubt; reliable; dependable
elixir of life (prepared from cinnabar in ancient China)
palace; tonic (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); ancient Chinese punishment (castration for men, or confinement for women); zodiacal sign
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed
where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent
to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to
just now; a little while back; a short time ago
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
to entrust (to someone); to leave (in someone's hands)
shyness; fear of strangers; stranger anxiety
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)