style; manner; way; after (period of time) again (e.g. meeting again after a year); for the first time in (period of time)
whether or not (in phrases like "I don't know whether or not I can come")
to ascertain; to check; to make sure
lush mountain; green mountain; grave; burial place
occupation; profession; job; vocation; trade; calling
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
immediately; right away; at once; instantly
to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside
recent state; present state; present condition; current status; current circumstances
to lend an ear; to hearken; to give an ear to; to listen carefully
(one's) father-in-law; (one's) employer; master; principal supporter of a temple; influential temple parishioner
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
lodging; relay station; post town; constellation; mansion (in Chinese astronomy)
station; office; guardroom
tea (usu. green); tea break (at work); tea ceremony
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)
great numbers (of people); numerical superiority; masses; people; folk; clique
gravel; ballast; pebbles; child; rugrat; ankle-biter
to harden; to freeze; to put together; to collect; to make secure; to stabilize; to fortify
dirt floor; room with dirt floor; pit (theater seating); parterre
rise; increase; income; takings; completion; end; end result (e.g. of crafts)
origin; beginning; variable measure of fabric (28.8 cm in width); for kimonos: at least 10 m in length; tip; extremity
end (e.g. of street); tip; beginning; start; odds and ends; scrap
to call out (to); to call; to summon (a doctor, etc.); to invite; to designate; to name; to garner (support, etc.)
by the way; incidentally; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how)
shop; store; somebody who sells (something) or works as (something); somebody with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof
measuring container; measure; box (seating at a theatre, etc.); square on a grid; cell of a grid; square bearing block (at the top of a pillar)
Mount Penglai; Penglai Island; sacred mountain (e.g. Mount Fuji, Mount Kumano, etc.); Kansai New Year decoration (made from food); Formosa; Taiwan
not quite (right); not very good; somewhat (lacking)
counter for buildings (esp. houses); suffix for a pen name, stage name, etc.
black; black go stone; guilt; guilty person
at every opportunity; for each and every thing that crops up; with every little thing; whenever possible; whenever the chance arises; at every turn
consultation; discussion; discussing; asking (somebody) for advice
place; location; room; space; basho; wrestling tournament
entrance (i.e. of a Japanese house); start of a rise (e.g. in prices)
to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress
to greet; to call out (to); to invite; to get in touch (with); to cheer (on); to give vocal support (to)
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
at that time; at that moment; then; on that occasion