to make sound (of an animal); to call; to cry; to whine; to sing; to chirp
to harvest; to reap; to take in; to gather in; to adopt (e.g. idea); to accept (e.g. advice)
to yearn for; to long for; to follow (someone); to idolize (for virtue, learning, status, etc.)
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to
lightly (floating, drifting, etc.); buoyantly; soft; fluffy; unsteadily; flightily
to colour; to color; to grow lively; to become excited; to waver; to show uneasiness
equality; equal; same rights; same rank; equivalence
some; any; please; anyway; anyhow
one Nth part (e.g. one fifth, one tenth); one out of N
difference; variation; difference
notebook; account book; register
temple elementary school (during the Edo period)
men and women; man and woman; both sexes; both genders
university; college; former central university of Kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
money-making; commercialized; commercialised
non-profit; not-for-profit; non-commercial
gender; distinction of sex; sex
vocational school; technical school
measurement; size; extent; plan; intention; arrangement
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
younger brother; little brother; brother-in-law (spouse's younger brother or younger sister's husband); (arch.) pupil; (arch.) apprentice
hair color; hair colour; fur color; disposition; type; kind
shunga; erotic or pornographic woodblock prints
school expenses; education fund
(husked grains of) rice; staple (product, etc.); necessity
study of foreign languages; linguistics
adopted child (usu. male); son-in-law
politics; political manoeuvre; political maneuver
man who takes his wife's family name and marries into her family; man who is adopted by his wife's family
I don't care what happens (after this)
manager; controller; chief treasurer; boss (of a gambling den)
luxury; extravagance; treat (i.e. at somebody's expense)
university student; college student
to abbreviate; to omit; to take; to capture
growth; development; stretching (one's body, e.g. when waking up); (ability to) spread (of paint, cream, etc.); elongation; extension