lightning; flash of lightning; lightning bolt
love and believe in; intimacy
class (e.g. school); grade; rank; kyū; kyu; junior rank in martial arts, go, shogi, etc.
room; chamber; apartment; flat; stable
selection; choice; choosing; picking; election
cornerstone; main point; requirement; need; necessary; required
sky; heaven; God; svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); deva (divine being of Buddhism); top (of a book); sole (of a Japanese sandal)
love; affection; attachment; craving; agape; Ireland
Japanese chestnut (Castanea crenata)
from the standpoint of; as a matter of (e.g. fact); aboard (a ship or vehicle); on top of; first volume (e.g. book); superior quality; best
bureau; department; office (e.g. post, telephone); broadcasting station (e.g. television, radio); affair; situation
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
to swipe; to nick; to pilfer; to steal
ward; borough; city (in Tokyo); district (e.g. electoral); section; zone (e.g. postal)
youth; child (esp. of the young son of someone of high social standing); young; new
special quality, class or grade
little-known good place; good out-of-the-way place; well-kept secret place; hole-in-the-wall
beyond this point; from now on; after this
alright; all right; right on; looking good; OK; okay
beach; seashore; captured pieces (in the game of go); captured stones; Yokohama; (arch.) riverbank
counter for flat objects (e.g. sheets of paper); (arch.) counter for positions or roles; (arch.) counter for food portions (now only gyōza and soba); counter for ranking level
go that far; to that extent
ridge (in field); row of raised earth when planting crops; rib (cloth, mountains, sea); cord (e.g. corduroy)
10^8; 100,000,000; hundred million
far from; anything but; not at all; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention
(a) little; somewhat; somehow
person that annoys or causes trouble; false alarm
mountain stream; valley; dale; wetlands; swamp; marsh
to recommend (someone to do); to advise; to recommend (a book, someone for a position, etc.); to suggest; to offer (a drink, cigarette, seat, etc.)
adviser; advisor; consultant
to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to be filled with (emotion, enthusiasm, etc.); to fill the room (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be muffled (e.g. voice); to hold (a castle, fortress, etc.)
serious; earnest; real sword (as opposed to a wooden practice weapon)
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
Eh?; What?; Come on!; Damn!
just kidding; not!; ersatz; imitation; phony
just; right; pure; genuine; truth