to excite; to incite; to stimulate; to arouse; to tempt; to stir up
irresponsible; perfunctory; lukewarm; half-baked; reasonable; moderate
evening; night; dinner; evening meal; counter for nights
head (of a household, etc.); leader; owner; proprietor; subject (of a rumour, etc.); doer (of a deed); guardian spirit (e.g. long-resident beast, usu. with mystical powers)
first; preliminary; primary (sources, industry, etc.); original; linear (function, equation); first-order
second; secondary; quadratic (function, equation, etc.); second-order
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
wave (on water); wave (electromagnetic, sound, etc.); wave (in hair); wave (audience); Mexican wave
great storm; very severe weather; upset; surprise result; agitation; upheaval
zero degrees (Celsius); freezing point; zero (on a scale)
mountain in early spring; mountain that has the appearance of spring
wind and snow; snowstorm; blizzard; hardships
isolated; standing alone; falling in drops (e.g. rain); saying a single word; muttering just a few words
to pass (of time); to elapse
idiot; moron; trivial matter; folly; stupid; foolish
woven mat (esp. one made of straw); (arch.) seat
control; management (e.g. of a business)
to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)
reimbursement; compensation; reparation; indemnity
promise; agreement; convention; rule; destiny; fate
request; favour (to ask); wish; please
turret; watchtower; high wooden stage; scaffolding; wooden frame (of a kotatsu); yagura
caves dug as tombs in and around Kamakura during the Kamakura and Muromachi periods
decayed tree; rotted tree; decayed wood; obscure, meaningless life (metaphor)
to have a feeling (that); to have a sensation (that)
heavy fog; dense fog; thick fog
difficult; tough; formidable; redoubtable; stubborn
firmly; absolutely; flatly; by far; far and away; by a long shot
to mistake someone for someone else; to misread; to misjudge
early morning; early hours; early in the morning
Japanese beech (Fagus crenata); Siebold's beech
once; one time; one round; one game; one bout; one heat
to threaten; to menace; to intimidate; to startle; to frighten; to scare
pluralizing suffix; or so; rough indicator of direction, location, amount, etc.; nominalizing suffix