defeat; loss; reverse; setback
blackened; black-painted; black-lacquered; blackened thing
small dining table (usu. for a single person); serving tray (with legs); meal; food; counter for bowlfuls of rice; counter for pairs of chopsticks
good; goodness; right; virtue
policeman; cop; walking in a circle (dog trick); (arch.) rounds (doctor, police beat, etc.); (arch.) vegetables that accompany rice (secret language of court ladies)
fixed; settled; constant; definite; uniform; regularized
slow; time-consuming; late (in the day); towards the end (of the day or night); later (than expected or usual); late
vague; ambiguous; shady; disreputable; fuzzy
to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something
to hit; to expose; to apply (e.g. patch); to put on; to allot; to call on someone (e.g. in class); to guess (an answer)
indeed; really; very; extremely; absolutely; certainly
mostly; ordinarily; probably; most; almost all; ordinary
state; state of affairs; appearance; look; sign; indication
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
mistress; kept woman; concubine
great; excellent; very troublesome; awful; tiring; tough
to convey; to report; to transmit; to communicate; to tell; to impart
since when; from when; how long
to begin; to set about; to start
such; like that; that sort of; very
abdomen; belly; womb; one's mind; one's real intentions; courage; nerve
certainly; without fail; right and wrong; pros and cons
worry; care; concern; ennui; boredom
given that ... it is only natural that ...; ... being the case, it is unavoidable that ...; (precisely) because ...; contrary to expectations ...
(any) particular; special; particularly noteworthy; worth mentioning
simple; easy; convenient; handy
supply; provision; raising; procurement
government office; agency; board
to float; to be suspended; to rise to the surface; to appear; to come to mind; to have inspiration
god; deity; incredible; fantastic; (arch.) Emperor (of Japan); (arch.) thunder
to float; to set afloat; to show on one's face (smile, sadness, etc.); to recall; to call to mind
to head towards; to direct one's steps to
household economy; family finances
expansion; swelling; increase; growth
listening (to a lecture, hearing, parliament session, etc.); attending (without participating); sitting in (e.g. on a meeting); observing
name (esp. on a deed, contract, etc.); moral duty; justification; pretext
insufficiency; deficiency; shortage; dissatisfaction; discontent; complaint
supplementation; replenishment; compensation; indemnification
one face; one surface; the whole surface; one aspect; one side; (on) the other hand; one broad, flat object
Bon and year-end festivals
some; any; please; anyway; anyhow