to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last
a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago
no; nay; well; er; you're welcome; not at all
happy; glad; pleased; joyful; delightful; gratifying
together with; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
to fight against; to oppose; to face
happy; auspicious; propitious; naive
not knowing one's social position; overweening; overreaching; forgetting who one is
university or college offering four-year programs; the big four ...; the four major ...
the four cardinal directions; north, east, south and west; surroundings; many countries; the whole world; all around; here and there
unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate
to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up
to defend against; to protect against; to prevent; to avert; to avoid
leaving a decision to someone else (often of a meal to be selected by the chef); omakase
elegance; taste; refinement
indeed; really; absolutely; truly; actually; very
now; soon; already; yet; further; more
playing; play (margin between on and off, gap before pressing button or lever has an effect)
the end; closing; being done for; that's it; that's enough; that's all
this time; now; next time; another time; recently; lately
end; conclusion; last; final; no sooner than; once
the five elements (in Chinese philosophy: wood, fire, earth, metal and water); the five phases; five practices of the Bodhisattvas; the five pillars of Islam
this (very thing); this precisely
ultimate; final; last; eventual
to join forces; to cooperate
(fixing) boundaries for religious practices; prohibition (of items, people, spirits, etc. that would hinder Buddhist practice); fence between inner and outer sanctums in a temple; (arch.) short two or three-fold lattice around the front desk of a store; barrier; dimensional barrier
one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of
earth; soil; the earth (historically, esp. as opposed to the heavens); the ground; low-quality torinoko-gami (containing mud); (period of) refraining from construction in the direction of the god of the earth (in Onmyōdō)
dui (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: swamp, west)
(arch.) pit; (arch.) hole; kan (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: water, north)
zhen (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: thunder, east)
li (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: fire, south)
nail (e.g. fingernail, toenail); claw; plectrum; pick; hook; clasp
wall; partition; barrier; obstacle; Chinese "Wall" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
loafing; indolent; lazy; hey
idiot; moron; trivial matter; folly; stupid; foolish
hooray; yay; whee; yowzer; whoopee; yes
to entrust (e.g. a task) to another; to leave to; to passively leave to someone else's facilities; to leave to take its natural course; to continue (something) in a natural fashion (without particular aim); to rely fully on one's (full strength, great ability, long time taken) to get something done
listen!; you see; mind you; remember
to carry to extremes; to go to the end of something; to investigate thoroughly; to master
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
surely; undoubtedly; sternly; severely; having no slack; rigid
happy event; cause for celebration; congratulations