than; rather than; instead of; from; out of; except
touch; contact; contact (with people); dealings; tangency
to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach
to find; to discover; to come across; to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
to precede; to forestall; to anticipate
management; dealing with; course of events; circumstances; end result (usu. bad); outcome
to expel (from the body); to let off (a fart); to utter (a lie, nonsense, etc.); to say; to do
Izanagi; male deity who fathered Japan and the sun, moon, and storm gods
wolf (Canis lupus); wolf in sheep's clothing; womanizer
fertile shoot of field horsetail
tachibana orange (Citrus tachibana)
foxtail millet (Setaria italica); Italian millet (also Hungarian, German)
abdomen; belly; womb; one's mind; one's real intentions; courage; nerve
ritual purification; cleansing of crimes, impurities, etc.
pebble; round stone; boulder
to pay (e.g. money, bill); to brush off; to wipe away; to drive away (e.g. one's competitors); to sell off (something unneeded); to dispose of; to pay (e.g. attention)
all kinds of things; various things; large number of people
to pile up; to stack; to load (car, ship, etc.); to pack; to acquire; to accumulate
uncleanness; impurity; disgrace; shame; uncleanliness from contact with death, pregnancy, menstruation, etc.
emphasizes direct object of action
to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate
if you want to hide a leaf, the best place is a forest
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
to disappear into; to be lost in; to do something under the cover of (confusion, etc.); to be almost indistinguishable; to be confusingly similar; to be diverted from (negative emotions, etc.)
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
(place) near by; (place) close by; (place) right next to; as soon as; right after
to gather; to collect; to assemble
circumference; girth; surroundings; neighbourhood; people surrounding oneself; surrounding circumstances
group; crowd; flock; herd; bevy; school
to be disconnected; to get out of place; to miss the mark; to get it wrong (e.g. guess, expectation); to be removed; to be excluded
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
to be separated; to be apart; to leave; to go away; to leave (a job, etc.); to quit
near; close; close (in time); soon; close (relationship); friendly
violent; furious; extreme; intense; fervent; vehement
to hurry; to rush; to hasten; to make something happen sooner
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; and everything else; and all; (not) at all; (not) in the least
remind me; I forget; was it?; was that what happened?
seeing (someone) off; send-off; deferment; postponement; letting a pitch go by; wait-and-see attitude