to serve; to work for; to attend
consideration; thoughtfulness; sympathy; compassion; feeling; kindness
retiring from military service
bamboo grass; generally smaller species of running bamboo that do not shed their sheaths (e.g. Sasa spp.)
magnificent; grand; majestic; splendid
neighbour; neighbor; neighbourhood; neighborhood
to shorten; to reduce; to crumple (fabric); to wrinkle; to make (one's body) smaller; to draw in (one's legs)
to replace; to exchange; to interchange; to substitute
no sleep or rest; working day and night
sake brewer; sake brewery
solid; strong; sturdy; durable; stout
white plaster wall; tofu; bean curd
to face on; to look out on to
storm; tempest; uproar; hullabaloo; storm (e.g. of protest)
to take refuge in; to succeed in running away
to partition; to divide; to direct; to manage; to settle accounts; to assume a crouching posture (at the start of a bout)
sake brewery; wine cellar; bar; bar-room
measuring container; measure; box (seating at a theatre, etc.); square on a grid; cell of a grid
to consult with; to discuss; to confer; to deliberate
frying; fried food; aburaage; thin deep-fried slices of tofu
to put on the market; to put out for sale; to put on sale; to become popular
to go on a trip; to go out to play; to go and visit (a friend)
(cute) suffix for familiar person; cute adjective form
retreat; dwelling for someone in seclusion
to fall fast asleep; to be confined to one's bed; to be laid up
to fall ill; to suffer from (e.g. a disease); to have something wrong with (e.g. an inner organ)
energy; vigor; vigour; vitality
sounds good; sure thing; no problem
tumor; tumour; swelling; boil; abscess
sink (e.g. in a kitchen); cruising (e.g. taxi); strolling (entertainer, musician, etc.); washing area (in a Japanese-style bath); back-washing service (in a public bath); floating (something on water)
monologue; soliloquy; German (language)
black lustre; black luster
central pillar (of a building); mainstay (e.g. of an economy); backbone (e.g. of a family); provider
natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary
to be amazed; to be shocked; to be astonished; to be astounded; to be disgusted; to be exasperated
stirred up; inspired; moved to action