matter; affair; counter for (received) emails, text messages, voicemail messages, etc.; counter for accounts (on a website, email service, etc.)
railway station; train station; staging post on a highway (in pre-modern Japan); counter for railway stations and bus stations
examination of tickets; ticket gate; ticket barrier
way of speaking; profession
to set (sun); to become dark
breakdown; failure; damage; hurt; objection; protest
official in charge; person in charge
department store; department
one o'clock; once; at one time; for a time; for a while; a time
to close; to be over; to break up (e.g. school); to lose one's nerve; to feel daunted
dripping wet; soaked; drenched
sopping wet; dripping wet; sodden; drenched; soaked
as a test; as an experiment; by way of experiment; by way of trial; tentatively
carefree; optimistic; careless; reckless; heedless; happy-go-lucky
to finish; to get it over with; to settle; to pay back; to get along (without something); to make do with (without)
unfairness; injustice; partiality
to sharpen; to hone; to wash (rice); to scour; to polish
to wash; to cleanse; to inquire into; to investigate; to purify (one's heart); to lave (e.g. shore)
to air; to dry; to drain (off); to drink up; to deprive of a role, job, etc.
vacuum cleaner; vacuum; hoover
conjunctive particle indicating a cause or reason
seal (used in lieu of a signature); stamp; chop
raw; uncooked; natural; as it is; unprotected (sex); live (i.e. not recorded); inexperienced
to be effective; to take effect; to work; to function well; to be possible (to do, use, etc.); to be able to
bubble; foam; froth; head on beer
to desire; to wish; to beg; to request; to have something done for oneself
rice bowl; tea cup; teacup
delicacy; tact; considerateness; sensitivity; thoughtfulness
to chip; to be chipped; to be missing (from a set, team, etc.); to be absent; to be lacking (in); to be short (of)
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
shell (of crab, tortoise, etc.); carapace; person's back; years of experience
menu; schedule; program; (computer) menu
mouthful; morsel; gulp; sip; one word; in short
tasting (food or drink) for poison; checking the taste (of a dish); seeing how something tastes
to put something out of the way; to move (something, someone) aside
still more; even more; much more; increased; greater
a little; some; somewhat; amount; quantity; number