to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up
had better ...; had better not ...
festival; feast; harassment by an Internet pitchfork mob; online shaming; galore (as in "goals galore"); frenzy
ancient Shinto music and dancing
to dance (orig. a whirling dance); to flutter about; to revolve
shrine office; office of a Shinto shrine
fortune slip (usu. bought at a shrine)
oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!
fortune slip (usu. bought at a shrine)
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
pommel horse; side horse; saddled horse
letter; missive; note; mail
-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now
incompetence; inefficiency; inability; incompetent person
fox (esp. the red fox, Vulpes vulpes); fox (i.e. a sly person); soba or udon topped with deep-fried tofu; light brown; golden brown
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
local specialty or souvenir bought as a gift while travelling; present brought by a visitor; something unpleasant that one is given (e.g. an illness while on vacation); unwelcome gift
excellent sweet; confection of an established name
tuber; taro; yokel; bumpkin; dud; worthless thing
oh; ho; exclamation of surprise, admiration, etc.; hoo (owl call); toot (sound of a flute)
clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
to wear (in modern Japanese, from the shoulders down); to put on; to bear (guilt, etc.)
important; significant; precious; valuable; careful
to protect; to guard; to defend; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe
to recognize; to recognise; to deem; to judge; to approve; to deem acceptable; to admit
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
surely; undoubtedly; sternly; severely; having no slack; rigid
to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations
now that; since; so long as; because
to be in time (for); to serve (suit, meet) the purpose; to be good enough; to be enough
severe; strict; hard (to do); difficult; intense (e.g. cold); harsh (weather)
to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach
readiness; preparedness; resolution; resignation
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...
right; right-hand side; afore-mentioned (esp. in vertical Japanese writing); foregoing; forgoing
tuck (e.g. in a dress); rise (e.g. in price)
past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)
(some) more; even more; longer; further
slowly; unhurriedly; easily (e.g. in time); well; well (e.g. sleep); comfortably
to turn; to revolve; to visit several places; to function well; to pass a certain time
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
how many times; how many degrees (temperature, angle, etc.)