to dance (orig. a whirling dance); to flutter about; to revolve
to take care of; to bring up under one's personal care; to kill with one's own hands; to do personally; to handle (e.g. a job); to request that someone deal with (something)
teacher (to whom one owes a debt of gratitude); mentor; one's former teacher
ago; since; before; previous
simple honesty; tactless frankness
to stimulate; to stir up; to arouse
considerably; fairly; quite
to get damp; to get moist; to get soggy; to become humid
tiny amount (degree, extent); paltry amount; slightest bit
food to fill one's stomach; something to satisfy one's hunger
to send; to forward; to hand over (e.g. money)
minute (unit of time); fun (one tenth of a monme, 5.787 grains)
loveliness; charm; allure; colour and scent; color and scent
moving (location, with the times, etc.); change; metastasis; spread; transition (e.g. phase transition); transfer (of learning)
important; momentous; essential; principal; major
retort; back talk; backchat
dainty; delicate; slender; fragile (e.g. furniture); delicate; frail
smooth (of a surface); glassy; smooth (of an action, proceedings, etc.); fluent (speech); continuously differentiable
true feelings; real intention; one's heart; one's right mind; one's senses; one's conscience
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
to sell well; to sell out; to be worldly and understanding; to be sensible; to be sorted out; to be put in order
from the bottom of one's heart; heartily; sincerely
cruelty; coldheartedness; relentless; ruthless
to take seriously; to take someone at their word; to believe (to be true)
to appear ...; to look like ...; to seem ...; to have a trace of; to be tinged with
to turn up; to roll up (e.g. sleeves); to do over and over again; to do relentlessly; to stage a comeback (against) (in mahjong, horse racing, etc.); to come from behind
recollection; reminiscence
to hug someone close; to hold someone tight; to embrace closely
abandonment; renunciation; resignation; abdication (responsibility, right)
to be resurrected; to be resuscitated; to be rehabilitated; to be recalled (e.g. memories); to be brought back
either way; in any case; one way or another
law; regulation; rule; code; agreement; arrangement
to glare at; to scowl at; to stare intensely at; to examine carefully; to estimate; to guess
to take measures (in face of events being anticipated); to come to an agreement (in bargaining, etc.); to strike a bargain; to clap one's hands together
management; dealing with; course of events; circumstances; end result (usu. bad); outcome
arrangement (of resources); deployment; stationing; posting; disposition; configuration
sudden; abrupt; urgent; pressing; steep; sharp; rapid
to turn toward; to look (up, down, etc.); to face (e.g. east) (of a building, window, etc.); to look out on; to point (of an arrow, compass needle, etc.); to be suited to
cause; seed; variety; kind; counter for varieties