(metropolitan) prefecture (of Osaka and Kyoto); the centre or seat (of) (center); (government) office; fu; historical administrative unit in China, Korea and Vietnam
to be; to exist; to be (honorific copula)
subordinate; underling; henchman; minion
white; innocence; innocent person; blank space; white go stone; white dragon tile; skewered grilled pig intestine
piece; fragment; one (object)
to send for (doctor, etc.)
to be absent; to take a day off; to rest; to have a break; to go to bed; to (lie down to) sleep
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; take care (so as); hoping or wishing for something
order (from one's superior); command; what you say; (someone's) words
as (e.g. "do as one is told", "as we age we gain wisdom"); wherever (e.g. "wherever my fancy took me")
a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago
along the river; riverside
cliff; precipice; precipice; brink of a dangerous situation
strange; odd; peculiar; queer; curious
impossible; unthinkable; unimaginable
to be called ...; to be referred to as ...
neck; head; dismissal; discharge
below; down; bottom; beneath; underneath; just after; right after
human being; human; person; character (of a person)
in order to; for the purpose of; must; should
to face; to go towards; to head towards
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
so; like this; in this way
slim; slender; lithe; smoothly; without resistance; without trouble
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
to miss; to overlook; to let pass (a matter); to overlook (e.g. a wrongdoing); to pass up (e.g. an opportunity); to let (a good ball) go by
the place for; the time for; the level of
hole; opening; pit; hollow; burrow; den; deficit
all night; throughout the night
of course; certainly; naturally
to display one's real ability; to show one's real ability; to show one's stuff; to show oneself at one's best; to really shine; to come into one's own
after this; from now on; hereafter; thereafter; since (then); after
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
to raise; to elevate; to do up (one's hair); to fly (a kite, etc.); to launch (fireworks, etc.); to land (a boat); to show someone (into a room)
thinking; thought; idea; notion; intention; plan