fur; skin; pelt; kanji "fur" radical
short sword; dagger; stiletto; hour hand (of a clock)
fetters; shackles; hobbles; encumbrance; hindrance; burden
example; specimen; sample
after that; afterwards; thereafter
often; again and again; over and over again; repeatedly; frequently
to invite; to ask; to beckon; to wave someone in; to call in; to send for
utensil; implement; tool; instrument; appliance; apparatus
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
work; labor; achievement; performance; salary; income
wall; partition; barrier; obstacle; Chinese "Wall" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
(practical) application; putting to practical use; applied
machine; mechanism; instrument; appliance; apparatus
loan; lending; favor; favour; creditor; method of lending
separate room; another room; special room; (arch.) concubine (of a noble)
hole; opening; pit; hollow; burrow; den; deficit
to be open (to traffic); to lead to; to flow (liquid, current); to pass; to be understood; to be comprehended; to be honored
ought to do; have to do; must do; feel obliged to
interior; inside; internal
if that is the case; if it becomes so; when it becomes so
more and more; all the more; at last; finally; (at the) last moment; worst possible time
finally; at last; in the end; after all; never (happened)
devising (a way); contriving; device; design; dedication to spiritual improvement (esp. through Zen meditation)
method; process; manner; way; means; technique
talk; story; conversation
tool; implement; means; furniture
directions; instructions; usage method
mostly; almost; nearly; roughly; approximately; about
to pass; to pass on; to give (something) a miss; to cut it out; to knock off (for the day); to let the matter drop
of course; certainly; naturally
fiction; made-up story; fable; fabrication; myth
exaggeration; making a mountain out of a molehill
plane; sharpen; whittle; pare; shave (leather); scrape off
to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in
had better ...; had better not ...
woman; lady; adult female
another place; somewhere else; outside (one's family or group); someone else; not caring for; being indifferent to
to fall down; to drop; to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class)
ordinary; common; commonplace; mediocre; unremarkable; undistinguished
shunga; erotic or pornographic woodblock prints
handsome youth (male); pretty boy