quantity; amount; volume; number; amount of money
How do you do?; I am glad to meet you
greeting; a fine thing to say
to say; to tell; to state; to do
head house (family); birthplace; originator
(present) head of a family
heir; inheritor; successor
story; tale; talk; discussion
to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at
to conceal; to keep secret; to cover up
to think, feel, consider, know, etc.
young bird; chick; fledgling; hina doll; doll displayed during the Girls' Festival
once; before; formerly; never yet; never before; first time
ogre; demon; spirit of a deceased person; ogre-like person (i.e. fierce, relentless, merciless, etc.); it (in a game of tag, hide-and-seek, etc.); Chinese "ghost" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); very
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)
deep pool; deep water; abyss; depths (e.g. of despair, etc.); grip (e.g. of death)
knowing; (an) acquaintance
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)
to be descended from; to inherit (a disposition, etc.) from one's ancestors
immortal mountain wizard (in Taoism); mountain man (esp. a hermit); person not bound by earthly desires
foot (of a mountain or hill); bottom; base
people; men and women; each person; everybody
to scorn; to despise; to hold in contempt; to look down on; to disdain
stone; jewel; precious stone; flint (in a lighter); stone (in go); stone (in the bladder, kidney etc.); calculus
to throw; to hurl; to give up; to abandon; to cast (a glance, shadow, doubt, etc.)
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
unreasonable; irrational; outrageous; absurd
companion; partner; other party; addressee; opponent (sports, etc.)
to make war (on); to wage war (against); to compete (against); to struggle (against adversities, etc.); to fight
for; for the sake of; to one's advantage; because of; as a result of
conspirators; faction; cabal; clique
to cross (legs or arms); to link (arms); to put together; to construct; to braid; to plait; to grapple
to fight against; to oppose; to face
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
town; block; downtown; main street; street; road
bad; poor; inferior; delinquent; hoodlum; hooligan
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
a lot; lots; enough; sufficient; enough; too many
to save; to rescue; to help; to assist; to support (financially); to contribute (to)
to recall; to remember; to recollect