present; gift; to give a present or gift
existing (at the present moment); alright; acceptable; to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to have
long ago; already; a long time ago
intimate friend; close friend; bosom buddy; chum
magnifying glass; wrestler of the lowest rank
kana; Japanese syllabary (i.e. hiragana, katakana)
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
silence; being silent; quiet; reticence; inaction
your home; your family; their home; (my) home
to swell; to rise; to bulge; to rouse; to get excited
old maid (card game); living without one's mother-in-law
forever; endlessly; on and on; meandering; wandering; winding
to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)
(corporate) bankruptcy; insolvency; commercial failure; failed business
household economy; family finances
I am sorry (to hear, to say, etc.); a pity
to be blessed with; to be rich in; to abound in
to be reflected; to harmonize with (harmonise); to come out (photo); to be projected; to be displayed (on a screen)
quite; entirely; completely; as if; as though; just like
for oneself; for one's own sake; on one's own account
one's circumstances; environment; situation (in life)
use; utilization; utilisation; application
race game (board game where the object is to reach the goal first); trad. Japanese board games played with dice, esp. ban-sugoroku
admirable; commendable; praiseworthy; laudable; brave; heroic
hah (derisively); pooh; pfft (of something disappearing); poof; huff; puff
(with a) whizzing sound; sound of something whizzing by
morning; breakfast; (arch.) next morning
putting on a brave face; put-on cheeriness; pretending one is fine; show of courage; bravado; Dutch courage
still; yet; more; still more; as ...; like ...
because; the reason is; if you want to know why
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
suffix appended to somebody else's family members
having a crush on someone; flushing