both ends; either end; both edges; double-mindedness; sitting on the fence
back (esp. of a building, etc.); rear; behind
stopping place (incl. stations, rail yards, junctions, etc.); (railway) station
to open (a door, etc.); to unwrap (e.g. parcel, package); to open (for business, etc.); to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out
one's nature; one's destiny; custom; tradition; habit
to cross (e.g. road); to traverse
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
bag; sack; skin of an orange (and other like fruits); dead end; plot of land surrounded by water
go that far; to that extent
each house; every house; many houses
panoramic view; bird's-eye view
white plaster wall; tofu; bean curd
full of (e.g. mistakes); riddled with; covered all over with (blood, mud, etc.)
to turn up (one's face or a card)
to sleep (lying down); to go to bed; to lie in bed; to lie down; to sleep (with someone, i.e. have intercourse); to lie flat (e.g. of hair); to lie idle (of funds, stock, etc.)
work; labor; achievement; performance; salary; income
labor; labour; toil; trouble; pains; work
strength; power; proficiency; ability
daikon (variety of large white Oriental radish, Raphanus sativus var. longipinnatus); ham actor
embankment; bank; beef sinew stewed in miso and mirin
quantity; amount; volume; number; amount of money
head; hair (on one's head); mind; brains; leader; chief; top
to dance (orig. a whirling dance); to flutter about; to revolve
to grow; to spring up; to sprout; to cut (teeth)
to sprawl; to lie sprawled; to stretch oneself out; to lie relaxed on one's side
water vapour; water vapor; steam
to contain; to comprise; to hold in the mouth; to bear in mind; to understand; to express (emotion, etc.)
whispering; whisper; secret talk; murmur
bamboo grass; generally smaller species of running bamboo that do not shed their sheaths (e.g. Sasa spp.)
memorial service for the dead; holding a service
to cut; to cut through; to sever (connections, ties); to turn off (e.g. the light); to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to punch (a ticket)
to listen carefully; to strain one's ears
to fall down; to drop; to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class)
water (esp. cool, fresh water, e.g. drinking water); fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid; flood; floodwaters; water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout
echo; reverberation; sound (esp. the distinctive sound of an object or activity, e.g. rain, gun, gallop, drum); noise; quality of a sound (e.g. a fine phrase, clear voice, resonant bell); feeling of a sound
field mouse; meadow mouse