(act of) building (temple, monument, etc.); erection
self-interest; selfish desire
sliced ginger prepared in vinegar (served with sushi); pickled ginger; mimeograph; reprimand; rebuke; overly skinny person
fetters; shackles; restraints; bond; connection
cleaning up; sweeping up; mopping up
corresponding to (in meaning, function, etc.); being equivalent to; appropriate; suitable; to be proportionate to; to be in keeping with
1000 pounds; 1000 kan; 1000 yen; 1000 pieces of gold; great weight; pricelessness
child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young (animal); young woman; offshoot
hurrah!; long life; congratulations; full vent
you; buddy; monarch; ruler; he; she
favorite child; favourite child; darling; favorite; star
stoppage; coming to a stop; ceasing (movement, activity, etc.); suspension (of operations); suspension (of payment, licence, etc.); (temporary) prohibition
happiness; well-being; joy; welfare; blessedness
20 years old; (arch.) twenty
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
effect; result; worth; Kai (former province located in present-day Yamanashi Prefecture)
to be aware of; to know; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
light and darkness; light and shade
front and back; inside and outside; two sides; duplicity; double-dealing; being two-faced
day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date
to be hit; to strike; to touch; to be in contact; to be equivalent to; to be applicable; to be right on the money (of a prediction, criticism, etc.)
surely; undoubtedly; sternly; severely; having no slack; rigid
to cast a shadow; to appear; to loom (of a threat, etc.); to manifest (of symptoms, etc.)
to perceive; to sense; to understand; to comprehend; to attain enlightenment
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
joy; delight; rapture; pleasure; gratification; rejoicing
deep; profound; dense; thick; close (relationship); intense; strong
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
sorrow; grief; anguish; trouble; affliction; anxiety
more and more; all the more; at last; finally; (at the) last moment; worst possible time
comfort; ease; easy; simple; (economically) comfortable; raku pottery
enjoyable; fun; pleasant; happy; delightful
pain; anguish; distress; suffering; hardship
big; large; loud; extensive; spacious; important
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
to detach; to decapitate; to cut loose; to let loose; to dismember
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
body; oneself; one's place; one's position; main part; meat (as opposed to bone, skin, etc.)
to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last
one (of a pair); incomplete; imperfect; few; little; off-centre
direction; way; person; lady; method of; manner of; care of ...
to become (a state, condition, etc.)