to wash; to cleanse; to inquire into; to investigate; to purify (one's heart); to lave (e.g. shore)
zigzag-shaped paper streamer often used to adorn Shinto-related objects; hornbeam (deciduous tree in the birch family)
juice; sap; soup; broth; (dipping) sauce
fat; tallow; lard; grease
fat; tallow; lard; grease
silence (not speaking); muteness
seat; place; position; status; gathering; party; stand
to separate; to part; to divide; to keep apart
to finish; to get it over with; to settle; to pay back; to get along (without something); to make do with (without)
married couple; husband and wife; man and wife; his and hers; pair of objects, one larger (for man), one smaller (for woman)
to be opposite; to face each other
to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
probably isn't (doesn't, won't, etc.); don't (doesn't) intend to; intend not to; must not; (when used in an imperative sentence) don't
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
to like; to love; to be fond of
operation; management; handling; manipulating (to one's benefit); manipulation; influencing
before very long; soon; someday; of the previously mentioned; of that number; among them
until then; till then; to that extent; the end of it; all there is to it
to get angry; to get mad; to tell someone off; to scold; to be angular; to be square
lowness (of degree, value, etc.); inferiority; second volume (of two); third volume (of three)
to shine; to be visible; to be tinged with; to rise (of water levels); to flow in; to be felt (i.e. as an emotion); to come over one
first year of junior high school; first-year junior high school student
Sunday; day (of the month); counter for days; Japan
waitress (in a ryokan or traditional restaurant); hostess
ding (of a bell); bing; honk (i.e. sound of blowing one's nose); snort; heating in a microwave; cooking in a microwave
for the present; for the time being; for a while (from now); for some time (to come)
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
to come out; to fall out; to fade; to discolour; to wear a hole (e.g. clothes); to leave (e.g. a meeting); to be clear
passage (of time); elapsing; progress; development; transit
course (of events); development; progress; market order; order without limit
to advance on; to close in; to march on; to descend on (the enemy); to move towards; to surge forward (crowd, wave of nostalgia, wave, etc.)
to forget; to leave carelessly; to be forgetful of; to forget about; to forget (an article)
slow; time-consuming; late (in the day); towards the end (of the day or night); later (than expected or usual); late
to lend; to loan; to rent out; to hire out
every evening; every night
to be opposite; to face each other; to confront (an issue); to face
book title; heading; topic; subject; Nichiren Buddhist chant
state; condition; situation; appearance; circumstances
suitable; appropriate; befitting; conjoining; association; samprayukta