man (esp. one who is well-respected); samurai; person (in a certain profession, esp. licensed); member
wisteria (esp. Japanese wisteria, Wisteria floribunda); wistaria
to face; to go towards; to head towards
same; identical; equal; anyway; anyhow; in either case
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
prime minister; chancellor (Germany, Austria, etc.); premier
door (esp. Japanese-style); shutter; window shutter; (arch.) entrance (to a home); (arch.) narrows
hmm; well ...; humph; roughly; harshly; violently
had better ...; had better not ...
day after day; day by day
dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding
to grow; to spring up; to sprout; to cut (teeth)
as a child; when one was a child; childhood
book; volume; this; present; main; head
no!; no no!; no, not at all
eh?; what?; yes; that's correct; (arch.) strengthens a question, assertion, etc.; (arch.) hey
loveable; very likeable; like very much
wooden building blocks; wooden bricks; playing with building blocks; piled timber; piling up wood
ship; boat; tank; tub; counter for boat-shaped containers (e.g. of sashimi)
to take; to catch; to capture
elephant (Elephantidae spp.)
circle; entirety; whole; money; dough; enclosure inside a castle's walls; soft-shelled turtle
toilet; restroom; bathroom; lavatory
when; at what time; how soon; normal times; ordinary days
to be worried; to be troubled
to come out all right; to take care of itself; to be OK
as many as one likes; as much as one likes; great many; plenty; almost (none); (not) much
to feel irritated; to feel offended; to feel angry; to feel sick; to feel nauseous
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
pot; (arch.) typical name for a female servant in the Edo-period; working at night; female with symptoms of gender identity disorder (e.g. a transvestite)
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
big; large; loud; extensive; spacious; important
piece; fragment; one (object)
various; all sorts of; variety of; (arch.) various colors (colours)
no; nay; well; er; you're welcome; not at all
incidentally; taking the opportunity; while (you) are at it; on the occasion
greens; vegetables; rape (Brassica napus); rapeseed
to call out (to); to call; to summon (a doctor, etc.); to invite; to designate; to name; to garner (support, etc.)