to start for home; to head for home; to make for home
battle; fight; war; struggle; conflict
empty; void; vain; fruitless; lifeless
ago; since; before; previous
warehouse; storehouse; cellar; magazine; granary; godown
until now; so far; up to the present
care; looking after; repair; (police) raid; crackdown
junk; rubbish; trash; garbage; odds and ends
hey there; I say; see here
to exert oneself greatly; to take pains
to open (a door, etc.); to unwrap (e.g. parcel, package); to open (for business, etc.); to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out
unprepared; careless; imprudent; indiscreet
change; variation; variety; diversity; inflection; declension
box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building
to return to normal; to revert to the starting point; to go back to how it was
clue; lead; key; handhold; hold
evil; wickedness; (role of) the villain (in theatre, etc.); the bad guy
promise; agreement; arrangement; something expected or predictable (e.g. running gag); typical or clichéd development (in a story); something considered obligatory or guaranteed (in a certain situation)
bad (taste); unpalatable; poor; unskillful; ugly; unattractive
small fish; small fry; (a) nobody; small fry; unimportant person
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
sweet (e.g. young girls, flowers blooming); touchingly lovely; cute; pitiful; pitiable
to be tied together; to be connected to; to lead to; to be related to; to be related (by blood)
to warm (e.g. one's hands over a fire); to dry; to toast; to grill; to broil
character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")
to rise to the surface; to surface; to stand out (e.g. against a background)
partly burned charcoal; (arch.) servant boy at a brothel or teahouse
hard to understand; incomprehensible; unintelligible
easily mixed up (e.g. similar words); easily mistaken; confusingly similar; misleading; equivocal; ambiguous
first generation; founder
(present) head of a family
will; testament; last request
family; relatives; dependents; household
to be handed down; to be introduced; to be transmitted; to be circulated; to go along; to walk along
magic; sorcery; incantation
outside (e.g. of a building); exterior; outside (of a group, company, etc.); outside world
to let leak; to let out (e.g. light); to let out (a secret); to leak (information); to give utterance to (e.g. one's dissatisfaction); to vent; to wet one's pants
devising (a way); contriving; device; design; dedication to spiritual improvement (esp. through Zen meditation)
simply; merely; only; solely
nasty; mean; heartless; inconsiderate; selfish
spirit (e.g. human spirit); soul; spirit; ghost; ethereal being
bill; bill of sale; tab (for later payment); credit; contact move (in go); direct attack to an enemy stone; sound effect produced by striking with clappers a wooden board in kabuki