oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
to get dirty; to become dirty; to become sullied; to become corrupted; to lose one's chastity
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
purification; cleanup (e.g. of politics); purge
to cut; to cut through; to sever (connections, ties); to turn off (e.g. the light); to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to punch (a ticket)
somewhere; anywhere; in some respects
seal; to seal (e.g. a letter); to affix a seal; to seal up
to untie; to unfasten; to unsew; to unstitch; to solve; to work out; to dispel (misunderstanding, etc.)
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
tailwind; fair wind; favorable wind (favourable); favorable condition (favourable); advantageous situation
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good
I; me; oneself; (arch.) you; (arch.) prefix indicating familiarity or contempt
ghost that appears at sea during a shipwreck; something strange or suspicious; idiot; fool; noh mask for roles involving dead or ghost characters
body; oneself; one's place; one's position; main part; meat (as opposed to bone, skin, etc.)
reason; cause; circumstances
official notice; Edo-period proclamation issued by the shogunate (or a daimyo, etc.) usu. to the general populace
to be harmful to; to hinder; to interfere with; to irritate
I'm sorry; my apologies; may I come in?; permission; leave; dismissal
to be silent; to say nothing
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow; anyhow; one way or another
to check; to hold back; to keep at bay; to stop; to prevent; to stem
to look forward to something
indicates reason or excuse; indicates dissatisfaction; indicates desire to be pampered or indulged
definitely; absolutely; absolute; unconditional; absoluteness
book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter
true character; true form; true colors (colours); consciousness; one's senses
to represent; to signify; to reveal; to show; to express; to make widely known
to start; to begin; to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to start ...; to begin to ...
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
ancient Shinto music and dancing
to falter; to flinch (from); to recoil (from); to quail (at)
stagnation; deposit; sediment; faltering; hesitation; pause
beautiful; pretty; lovely; sweet; pure (heart, friendship, etc.)
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
gallant; brave; imposing; awe-inspiring; severe; biting