to be talented; to be able
near; close; beside; attendant; retainer; vassal
just because; even if; even though
idea; thought; discretion; forgiveness; pardon
narrow; confined; small; limited; narrow-minded; confining
to jump out; to rush out; to appear (suddenly); to protrude; to project; to butt in
image; figure; figure; form; image
bowstring; string (of a shamisen, etc.); stringed instrument; chord; hypotenuse
materials; ingredients; material (for a novel, experiment, etc.); subject matter; grounds (for a decision, judgement, etc.); basis
trunk; torso; plastron (in kendo); touching the plastron (kimari-te in kendo); frame (of a drum, etc.); sound box (of a shamisen, etc.)
head; hair (on one's head); mind; brains; leader; chief; top
bamboo shoot; inexperienced doctor; quack
clanging; banging; throbbing (headache); pounding; fully; vigorously
to go through; to pierce; to run through (e.g. a river through a city); to pass through; to stick to (opinion, principles, etc.); to carry out
to take a bath; to have a bath; to take a shower
to grow hot (e.g. water); to boil; to get excited (at); to erupt (in applause, cheering, etc.); to ferment; to melt (of metal)
to collapse; to crumble; to get out of shape; to lose one's shape; to break down; to be thrown into disarray; to crash (stock market)
illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold); disease; bad habit; bad behaviour; crazy; insane
moving forward (e.g. vehicle); onward movement; advance (work, procedure, etc.); advancement; progress (of a disease); disease progression
presence (of a nobleman, the emperor, etc.); outrider (person riding horseback in the lead position of a cavalcade); My Lord; My Lady
appearing that; seeming that; looking like; having the appearance of
comfort; ease; easy; simple; (economically) comfortable; raku pottery
to play an instrument (esp. string instruments); to dance
medium; average; moderation; middle school; China; volume two (of three); during (a certain time when one did or is doing something)
skin; body (in the context of intimate bodily contact); surface; grain (e.g. of wood); disposition; temperament
to long for; to yearn after; to admire; to be attracted by
to cease; to stop; to be over
a (short) time; a while; one time (in the past); a period; (arch.) two-hour period
until then; till then; to that extent; the end of it; all there is to it
bamboo (any grass of subfamily Bambusoideae); middle (of a three-tier ranking system)
to grow; to spring up; to sprout; to cut (teeth)
inability to discern the truth due to conflicting testimony