effect; efficacy; validity; potency
neck; head; dismissal; discharge
really; very; extremely; (not) anything; (not) at all; (not) a bit
subtle; delicate; difficult; complex; doubtful; questionable
to take (trouble); to attend (to business); to command (army)
to go to see (something, someone); to visit
alternation; change; relief; relay; shift; substitution (sports, etc.)
nursing; nurse; attending; attendant; entertainer
statement; remark; observation; utterance; speech; proposal
chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus); domestic chicken; chicken meat
matsutake mushroom (Tricholoma matsutake)
to be playful; to gambol; to be amused (with something); to flirt with
rain and wind; driving rain
violent; furious; extreme; intense; fervent; vehement
few; a little; scarce; insufficient; seldom
dark (skin, complexion, etc.); swarthy; tanned
sublime; noble; high-minded
to prune; to trim; to reap (a crop) and put into storage; to harvest; to prune (a manuscript); to cut down
to sleep; to die; to rest (in peace); to lie idle (e.g. of resources); to lie unused; (arch.) to close one's eyes
certain; one; (arch.) I; (arch.) me
certain amount; some; certain person; Mr So-and-so; (arch.) I; (arch.) me
cartoon; comic; comic strip; manga
to draw; to paint; to depict; to describe; to picture in one's mind; to imagine
just as (each) one likes; as (each) one pleases; as (each) one prefers; (each) in one's own way
interest; entertainment; pleasure; implicit comparison (style of the Shi Jing)
to awaken; to arouse from sleep; to bring to one's senses; to disabuse (someone of); to sober up; to dampen
to be too much for one; to find unmanageable; to be beyond one's control; to not know what to do with
to cast a shadow; to appear; to loom (of a threat, etc.); to manifest (of symptoms, etc.)
all present; all concerned; all of us
hilly section of a city (usu. residential); Yamanote (hilly residential section of western Tokyo, incl. Yotsuya, Aoyama, Koishikawa, Hongo, Ichigaya, Akasaka, Azabu and surrounds); place near the mountains