to make round; to roll up; to seduce; to cajole; to round off (a fraction); (arch.) to lump together
vague; ambiguous; noncommittal; off-point
to take up one's chopsticks (to begin a meal); to start to eat; to eat
restlessly; nervously; uneasily; in a fidget
paragraph; end; stopping place; conclusion
to take down; to bring down; to drop off (a passenger); to let off; to withdraw (money); to use for the first time; to wear for the first time
housewife; mistress (of the house); homemaker
paper lantern; Chinese lantern; Japanese lantern
polite; courteous; civil; careful; close; thorough
two reams (of paper); 1000 sheets (of paper); stanza; verse; tribe (in taxonomy); forecast (bet); bet which predicts the top 2 finishers (i.e. quinella or perfecta bet)
long-awaited; long-waited-for; waiting impatiently
long-awaited; long-waited-for; someone who has waited a long time; something that one has waited impatiently for
passage (of time); elapsing; progress; development; transit
order; turn; sorting; obedient; docile; submissive
to sit down (and refuse to move); to sit-in (in protest)
car; automobile; motorcar; motor vehicle; auto
to receive favor (favour); to be much obliged to someone; to be indebted
hope; promise; expectation; anticipation; side of a structural member
assumption; supposition; hypothesis
true character; true form; true colors (colours); consciousness; one's senses
origin; genesis; opening; start; beginning
to throw; to fling; to hurl; to neglect; to abandon; to leave alone
entrance; entry; gate; approach; mouth
shallow; superficial; slight (wound); light (sleep); short (time); early
with a clink; with a flop; suddenly; all of a sudden
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on
impatient; tantalized; tantalised; irritated; chagrined; chagrinned
simmered with; cooked with; boiling; boiled dish
end; finish; bounds; limits; delivery date (of a futures contract); finale (of a noh song); end of an act (in jōruri or kabuki)
railway station; train station; staging post on a highway (in pre-modern Japan); counter for railway stations and bus stations
one's own strength or effort; (by) oneself
to pierce through; to break through
what; what sort of thing; everything; anything; what (on earth)?; what's the meaning of this ...?
kan (obs. unit of weight, approx. 3.75 kg, 8.3 lb); kan (obs. unit of currency, equiv. to 1000 mon in the Edo period; col. 10 mon in the Meiji period); counter for pieces of sushi; 10 points; 12 points
painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
end; final; end of life; death; never; not at all
single; solo; solitary; just one; only one
to work hard; to work diligently
to wind; to coil; to envelope; to shroud; to outflank; to skirt