(family) crest; coat of arms; pattern; figure; playing card suit (in karuta)
symptoms; condition (of a patient)
relief; mitigation; alleviation; relaxation (of restrictions, tensions, etc.); easing; softening
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
circumference; outskirts; environs; (computer) peripheral
characteristic (of); peculiar (to)
extract (of plants, meat, etc.); essence; concentrate; concentrated stock
to be effective; to take effect; to work; to function well; to be possible (to do, use, etc.); to be able to
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
ferocious; fierce; truculent; savage
type; kind; type (of person); (ideal) type; typewriter; typing (on a typewriter)
reason; circumstances; grounds; because of; due to; as a result of
challenge; defiance; dare; attempt; try
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
ancestor; forefather; foremother
Mr; Mrs; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
by no means; never!; certainly (not); surely (not); something unexpected; emergency
to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up
hammer; hopeless swimmer; person who can't swim; someone who sinks like a stone
so; therefore; accordingly; consequently; on those grounds; that is why
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
bathing suit; swimsuit; swimmers
please; kindly; by all means; certainly; here you are; to give
older sister; lass; young lady
to receive; to take; to get someone to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
hand-me-down; food offering to the gods; leftovers; trip from Kyoto to the provinces
to bite; to chew; to gnaw; to fumble one's words (esp. during a play, broadcast, etc.); to falter with one's words; to crash against (e.g. of waves); to break onto (shore)
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
sentence-ending particle expressing doubt; sentence-ending particle expressing a rhetorical question
safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good
right; correct; proper; righteous; just
to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to cease; to stop
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
island; one's territory (of a sex worker, organized crime gang, etc.); one's turf
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
now; the present time; just now; another; more
to suffer; to groan; to be worried