the front; honesty; uprightness; decency; normality
(something) has never occurred; to have never done (something); such a thing has not happened; never happens; there is never a time when
several times; a few times
to some extent; to a certain extent
lonely; lonesome; solitary; desolate
futon; Japanese bedding consisting of a mattress and a duvet; round cushion used for Zen meditation (traditionally made of woven bulrush leaves)
green; wet behind the ears; immature; (lit.) smelling of milk
to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign
the skin (of a human being); warmth of the skin; body warmth
one's father; one's old man; middle-aged (or older) man; old man; one's boss; proprietor (of a restaurant, store, etc.)
to ask after (someone's health); to visit; to attack; to strike; to meet with misfortune
to come and stay; to drop in; to visit
assistance; backing; reinforcements
particle; atom; little piece; not at all; not the slightest
something broad and flat; common; ordinary; low-ranking employee; freshman
looking on from afar; being a spectator
hobby; pastime; tastes; preference; liking
surely; certainly; without doubt
end; finish; bounds; limits; delivery date (of a futures contract); finale (of a noh song); end of an act (in jōruri or kabuki)
arm; skill; efforts; ability
illness; disease; bad habit; weakness; fault
up through; up until; down to; from ... to ... (e.g. from head to toe); everything from ... to ...
universal medicine; cure-all; panacea
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant
to lend; to loan; to rent out; to hire out
surface; face (i.e. the visible side of an object); front (of a building, etc.); obverse side (i.e. "head") of a coin; outside; exterior; appearance
opposite side; bottom; rear; back; lining; inside; in the shadows
counter for the ichi-ni-san counting system (usu. directly preceding the item being counted); noun read using its on-yomi; counter for articles; indicates possessive (esp. in place names)
earth; soil; the earth (historically, esp. as opposed to the heavens); the ground; low-quality torinoko-gami (containing mud); (period of) refraining from construction in the direction of the god of the earth (in Onmyōdō)
Japanese cedar (Cryptomeria japonica)
crotch; crutch; groin; fork (in a tree, road, river, etc.); tines (of a fork)
I; me; oneself; (arch.) you; (arch.) prefix indicating familiarity or contempt
total darkness; pitch dark; bleak future; poor prospects
deep (colour); dark; strong (flavour, smell, etc.); thick (consistency); dense; strong (possibility, etc.)
dimension; perspective; point of reference; level (of something)
to warp; to bend; to contort; to be perverted; to be warped (of a view, mind, etc.); to be distorted
carelessly; thoughtlessly; inadvertently
to lose one's way; to get lost; to waver; to hesitate; to give into temptation; to lose control of oneself
to become overgrown; to grow thick; to spread; to run rampant; to thrive
to return to normal; to revert to the starting point; to go back to how it was