worthless; insignificant; unimportant; poor; miserable; wretched
force; unit; corps; squad; troops; party
role; assignment; position (of responsibility); post; part (in a play, film, etc.); role
(unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario); (lit.) 10000 to 1; (if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that
blockhead; dunce; dimwit; dolt; slowcoach; slowpoke
seeing off; sending off; funeral; escapement
at the very beginning; first of all; first and foremost; before anything else
from now; from the present moment; from this time forward; henceforth
as (e.g. "do as one is told", "as we age we gain wisdom"); wherever (e.g. "wherever my fancy took me")
box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building
root (of a plant); root (of a tooth, hair, etc.); center (of a pimple, etc.); root (of all evil, etc.); source; one's true nature
frequency (esp. of waveforms)
region; limits; stage; level
counter for waves (of a repeated occurrence)
infrared rays; infrared radiation
to go by; to go past; to run (between; of a rail service, bus route, etc.); to operate (between); to go indoors; to go into a room; to penetrate
reason; logic; sense; truth; right
regular time; stated period
to be solved; to be resolved; to loosen; to come untied; to be removed (of restrictions); to be lifted (e.g. a ban)
decoy (for hunting); stool; lure; decoy; stool pigeon
even a little; any at all; if only a little; no matter how little
long (distance, length); long (time); protracted; prolonged
to turn away (one's eyes, face, etc.); to avert; to displease; to annoy; to miss (the target, ball, etc.)
sure; no mistaking it; for certain; without doubt
land route; overland route; by land; overland
hurrying (to somewhere); rushing; hastening; express (train)
to herd; to drive; to corner; to force someone into doing; to go hard; to push yourself
to create; to bring forth; to invent; to think up and bring into being; to give birth to; to bear
echo; reverberation; spirit of a tree; tree spirit
each; (arch.) you (plural)
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
going on ahead; forestalling; anticipating; arrival before another
the Trinity; three parts; three components; three factors
to groan; to moan; to roar; to howl; to hum (engine, wind, etc.); to buzz; to ooh and aah (in admiration)