indicates two contrasting actions; (arch.) indicates possessive (often found in place names and compound words)
conquest; domination; mastery
storm and stress; Sturm und Drang
trifling with; toying with; playing with; tossing about (a ship)
certainly; surely; undoubtedly; just; precisely; exactly
construction; building; putting up; erecting; creation; formulation
incremental; step-by-step; gradual; stepwise
sudden; abrupt; urgent; pressing; steep; sharp; rapid
(in gagaku or noh) middle section of a song
order; ordering; beginning; start; foreword; preface
to concern; to be related
composition; construction; formation; makeup; structure; organization
entertainment; performance
perfect; complete; flawless
to combine; to join; to tie on; to attach with a knot; to bind (e.g. an address)
please (give me); please (do for me)
in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; take care (so as); hoping or wishing for something
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
to spread (out); to extend; to stretch; to reach to; to get around; to fill (e.g. a space)
gradually (progressing); steadily; slowly; seeping out (sweat, tears, etc.)
after that; afterwards; thereafter
feeling of transparency; sense of translucence
to slurp; to sip (loudly); to sniffle; to sniff
to cook (esp. grains such as rice, by boiling); to finish cooking
Welsh onion (Allium fistulosum); green onion; spring onion
head; chief; merit; strong point; superiority; major
mochi; (sticky) rice cake
to take the form of (esp. in ref. to a spirit, fox, raccoon dog, etc.); to assume the shape of; to disguise oneself as; to change radically; to metamorphose; to improve unexpectedly and dramatically (esp. of an actor, artist, rikishi, etc.)
miso; fermented condiment usu. made from soybeans; innards (from crabs, shrimps, etc.) resembling miso; key (main) point; good part (of something); weakling
to change color (esp. leaves, fruit, flowers) (colour); to turn crimson (e.g. leaves in autumn); to begin to redden; to ripen; to grow ripe
primness; prim person; clear soup
I wonder; do you think?; I might; some kind; some stage; somehow
something; some; somehow; for some reason; (is there) something (you want, etc.)
perhaps; possibly; maybe; if; in case; in the event that
wanted; wished for; in need of; I want (you) to