plain; unfigured; patternless; solid (color)
a kind; a sort; of sorts; something of a; sort of; somewhat
shade; shadow; sunshine; sunlight
colour; color; complexion; skin colour; look (on one's face); expression; appearance
fate; destiny (esp. as a mysterious force that binds two people together); relationship (e.g. between two people); bond; family ties; affinity; opportunity
to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
young; youthful; immature; green; low (number); small
woman; lady; adult female
to appear uncomfortable (with); to seem to hate; to express dislike
to attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
left and right; right and left; (asserting) control; influence; one's attendants; people accompanying one
indicates being the subject or receiver of an action, decision, etc.; -ee (e.g. employee, examinee, trustee)
strange; odd; peculiar; weird; bizarre; unusual
decoration; ornament; trimmings
small; fine; detailed; stingy
to knit; to plait; to braid; to compile (anthology, dictionary, etc.); to edit
here and there; in places
to connect; to link together; to tie; to fasten; to maintain; to preserve; to transfer (phone call)
inner part; interior; living quarters (at the back of a house); inner room; recesses (of one's mind); bottom (of one's heart)
to come out; to appear; to turn up; to go out for a while
to continue; to last; to continue (without a break); to be unbroken; to occur again and again; to lead to; to connect to
(something) has never occurred; to have never done (something); such a thing has not happened; never happens; there is never a time when
affectation; showiness; pretence
the whole; all; on the whole; generally; from the start; from the outset
unbecoming; improper; unsuitable; ill-matched; unworthy of
to feel (as if); to have a feeling (that); to have a hunch (that); to feel like doing; to want to do
testing; experiment; test; examination; exam; trial
embankment made of earth; bank; levee
to walk; to go on foot; to tread (a figurative path); to follow; to advance towards (e.g. a solution); to set out (e.g. on the path to destruction, ruin, etc.)
beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...
one leaf (of a book bound in Japanese style); one block of tofu; one serving (in a restaurant); one long and narrow thing (e.g. a gun, scissors, spade, hoe, inkstick, palanquin, candle, jinrikisha, shamisen, oar); one chō (unit of distance, approx. 109.09 m); one game; one task
six (long cylindrical things)
one long cylindrical thing; one film, TV show, etc.; one version; one book; a certain book; ippon; one point
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
earth; soil; the earth (historically, esp. as opposed to the heavens); the ground; low-quality torinoko-gami (containing mud); (period of) refraining from construction in the direction of the god of the earth (in Onmyōdō)
to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)
stone; rock; jewel; precious stone; flint (in a lighter); (round) game piece