to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to provide; to afford; to assign; to cause
life; lifetime; career; for life; all one's life; throughout one's life
treasure; treasured item; prized possession
intention; plan; belief; assumption; estimate; estimation
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
body; oneself; one's place; one's position; main part; meat (as opposed to bone, skin, etc.)
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first
truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic
to get; to earn; to understand; to comprehend; to receive something undesirable (e.g. a punishment); to get (ill)
custom; practice; said; aforementioned; instance; example
to fall into someone's hands; to pass into another's possession
I'm sorry; (it's) inexcusable; thank you very much (for help, etc.)
contents; content; substance; matter; detail; import
record; minutes; record (e.g. in sports); results; to record; to document
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
honorific/polite/humble prefix
to be silent; to say nothing
boy; son; child; mere boy; stripling; greenhorn
to notice; to recognize; to recognise; to become aware of; to perceive; to realize
should (be); bound (to be); nock (of a bow); nock (of an arrow); nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger); wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out
no matter what it takes; by any means necessary; at all costs; by hook or by crook
previously; before; first; before (something or someone else); beforehand; in advance
to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
to obey respectfully; to humble oneself; to sit straight (upright, respectfully, attentively)
hm; um; huh?; what?; nuh-uh; no
preparation; arrangements; getting ready; provision; setup; reserving
to hurry; to rush; to hasten; to make something happen sooner
funny; amusing; strange; odd; improper; unsuitable
only; merely; but; no more than
counter for places, parts, passages, etc.
place; location; room; space; basho; wrestling tournament
after all; because; but; even; too; as well
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
(not) at all; completely; utterly; very; extremely
scattered; disperse; loose; disconnected; in pieces; in drops