zabuton (flat floor cushion used when sitting or kneeling; usu. rectangular)
sitting cross-legged (i.e. Indian style)
to scratch; to perspire; to shovel; to paddle
brilliant; bright; radiant
to be upset; to lose one's composure; to lose self-control; to put in disorder; to mess up; to disturb
friend; companion; comrade; accompaniment; companion (e.g. book); complement
type of dyeing method or pattern; silk printed by the Yuzen process
to watch over; to watch attentively
as was expected; just as one thought; sure enough; really; actually; ever
one copy (of a document); one letter; one-way traffic; pure straight; winning hand containing nine consecutive tiles of the same suit (i.e. 1-9)
one long cylindrical thing; one film, TV show, etc.; one version; one book; a certain book; ippon; one point
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
to shine on; to illuminate; to compare (with); to refer to
what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
to read (a text) from start to finish; to transliterate classical Chinese into Japanese
to rewind; to rally; to recover; to come back
difficult to ...; hard to ...
machine; mechanism; instrument; appliance; apparatus
at hand; on hand; way of moving one's arms; skill; money at hand; pocket money
another place; somewhere else; outside (one's family or group); someone else; not caring for; being indifferent to
counter for suits of clothing; arriving at ...
the way there; outbound leg; bound for ...; outbound ticket
rough; wild; violent; immoderate; extravagant; reckless
summoning; calling; riding; (high-quality) silk crepe (fabric)
cooked rice; meal; food; one's living; livelihood
to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
to rub in; to smear on; to spread on; to lay the blame on
show; display; pretensions; pose (in kabuki); posture
strong; potent; strong; brawny; good (at); skilled; being able to handle
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
after (practically) no time; immediately after; just; having no time to
to also be (implies that as well as the earlier stated this is also the case); to be ... or something
remittance; sending money
that way; that direction; there; that (one); you; your family
please; somehow or other; one way or another