great; excellent; distinguished; important; awful; terrible
with a friendly grin; smilingly
far; distant; distant (past); remote (in time); distant (relationship or kinship); having little to do (with someone); far (from something else in quality, degree, etc.)
(please) try to; (please) look; seeing; looking
to pick up; to adopt (a proposal); to take up (a topic); to take issue with; to make a problem of; to report (news); to cover
charm; talisman; tally; sign; mark; fu
slip (of paper); tag (usu. bamboo, wood, ivory, etc.); label
counter for thin, flat objects (e.g. sheets of paper, plates, coins); counter for portions of gyōza or soba; counter for ranks; counter for wrestlers of a particular rank; counter for fields or rice paddies; counter for palanquin bearers
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
to be hard (to do); to be difficult; to require much effort; to be laborious; to be backbreaking; to have trouble (doing)
writing on someone's behalf
brat; kid; urchin; preta; hungry ghost
please; kindly; by all means; certainly; here you are; to give
end; close; finish; noh dance in plain clothes
something; some kind of; for some reason
what with A and B; such things as A and B; A and B and so on; denotes uncertainty
to write (e.g. a letter); to draw up (a document); to take down (e.g. notes); to have (lunch, dinner, etc.); to eat
hiragana; cursive Japanese syllabary used primarily for native Japanese words (esp. function words, inflections, etc.)
breaks and pauses (in a sentence); punctuation; way of reading (esp. kanbun)
end; final; end of life; death; never; not at all
to read to the end; to read through; to read from cover to cover
to be connected (to); to be joined together; to connect (of a telephone call, the internet, etc.); to get through; to lead (to an outcome); to bring about (a result); to be lined up (e.g. of cars)
from the beginning; without hesitation; entirely; completely; head-on; head-first
to read (a book, etc.) over again
hard to see; obscure; indistinct; illegible
polite; courteous; civil; careful; close; thorough
early autumn (fall); seventh month of the lunar calendar
Japanese fiber banana (Musa basjoo)
leaf; blade (of grass); (pine) needle; frond; foliage
to move; to shift; to inspire; to rouse; to change; to alter; to operate
to blow against; to spray (paint, etc.; onto a surface)
to begin to read; to leaf through a book
edge; brink; verge; time; moment of
sleek; smooth; thin (of a liquid); without hesitation or delay
to release; to let go; to free; to add (pieces of eggplant, potato, etc.) to water, broth, etc.
clear-cut and straightforward; (of a person) forward-thinking; honest; upright
to bear a grudge against; to resent; to blame; to curse; to feel bitter towards
indiscriminately; blindly; at random; indiscriminate; random; excessive
to have a bad time; to go through a bitter experience; to get into trouble; to get hurt; to suffer
irregular; unseasonable; changeable; unsettled; abnormal