futon; Japanese bedding consisting of a mattress and a duvet; round cushion used for Zen meditation (traditionally made of woven bulrush leaves)
branch; bough; limb; twig; sprig; spray
scarecrow; bird rattle; clapper
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
to receive; to take; to get somebody to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
garden; yard; courtyard; field (of action); area
amount necessary to fill a container (e.g. cupful, spoonful, etc.); drink (usu. alcoholic); full; one squid, octopus, crab, etc.; one boat; fully; to capacity
to cover (smear, sprinkle) (with)
wanted; wished for; in need of; I want (you) to
noon; midday; daytime; lunch
as one would expect; naturally; indeed; still; all the same; after all
warm; mild; warm (of a colour); mellow; having enough money
filial piety; showing devotion (to someone)
that way; that direction; there; that (one); you; your family
to stop; to turn off; to park; to prevent; to suppress (a cough); to stop (someone from doing something); to dissuade
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on
to one's heart's content; following one's heart's desires
from now on; after this; in the future; from here; from this point
gradually; by degrees; little by little; steps; stairs; staircase
dew; tears; (not) a bit; (not) at all
deep; profound; dense; thick; close (relationship); intense; strong
to be careful; to pay attention; to take care
turning point; change; transition; (arch.) point of difference
(doing) various things; (doing) this and that; being apt to; being prone to; at any rate; anyhow
sick person; patient; invalid
body; torso; trunk; build; physique; health
casting; cast-metal object
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)
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
to be anxious or concerned about; to ponder (anxiously); to fear; to investigate; to consider; to plan
to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)
hands and feet; limbs; person at one's beck and call; person at hand; reliable worker
long sword (esp. the tachi, worn on the hip edge down by samurai); large sword; straight single-edged Japanese sword (from the mid-Heian period or earlier)
pattern; design; body build; figure; essential qualities; character
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean
tree sparrow (Passer montanus); talkative person; knowledgeable person
bow (weapon); archery; bow (for a violin, etc.)
yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)