to aim at (for, to do, to become); to try for; to have an eye on; to go toward; to head for
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
have to do; must; should; ought to
few; a little; scarce; insufficient; seldom
remainder; remnant; (not) very; (not) much; too much; excessively
near; close; close (in time); soon; close (relationship); friendly
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside
cause and effect; causality; karma; fate; unfortunate; unlucky
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean
useless; futile; unnecessary; needless; not on business; unrelated
idea; thought; discretion; forgiveness; pardon
hey!; wait a minute!; whoa!; boohoo; waaaa
to loiter; to putter; to prowl; to be confused from not knowing what to do
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
perseverance; determination; tenacity; energy
smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name); inferior; younger (of two people with the same name)
to turn one's face; to turn around; to look over one's shoulder
to answer; to respond; to meet; to satisfy; to accept
consciousness; becoming aware (of); awareness; mano-vijnana (mental consciousness, cognizer of sensory information)
to start; to begin; to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to start ...; to begin to ...
to notice; to become aware; to be scrupulous; to be attentive; to recover consciousness; to come to oneself
a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago
20 years old; (arch.) twenty
ken (6 shaku, approx. 1.818 m); counter used to number the gaps between pillars
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
gō; traditional unit of volume, approx. 0.1804 litres; gō; traditional unit of area, approx 0.33 metres square; one-tenth of the way from the base to the summit of a mountain; conjunction; sum
full of (e.g. mistakes); riddled with; covered all over with (blood, mud, etc.)
exposed; scanty; bare; public; open
bleaching; bleached cotton; doxxing; doxing; public humiliation (as an Edo period punishment)
plate; dish; serving; helping; kanji radical 108 (at the bottom)
frequently; repeatedly; eagerly; keenly; hard; terribly
human being; human; person; character (of a person)
advantage; benefit; profit; interest
(something) has never occurred; to have never done (something); such a thing has not happened; never happens; there is never a time when
to speak to; to give a (something) talk to; to speak words of (something)
et cetera; etc.; or something; the likes of; for example; for instance
(not) in the slightest; (not) at all
expectation; assume will happen; forecast
qualifications; requirements; capabilities
self-confidence; confidence (in oneself)
credit; money owed on an account; bill; hot noodles in broth; proportion (of wholesale price, as tenths of list price); in the midst of; rest
to kick; to refuse; to reject; to stamp (on the ground); to firmly press one's feet (against something)
crude; rough; plain; humble; shabby
average; medium; mid-grade (item); regular grade; same level as; equal to