ague; intermittent fever; the shakes; malarial fever (old name)
to trouble; to bother; to annoy
than; from; out of; except; but; more
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
eh?; what?; yes; that's correct; (arch.) strengthens a question, assertion, etc.; (arch.) hey
official; governmental; public (use, matter, forum, etc.); common; being public knowledge; being out in the open
figure; form; appearance; dress; state; condition
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
brat; kid; urchin; preta; hungry ghost
indicates two contrasting actions; (arch.) indicates possessive (often found in place names and compound words)
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
to let out; to utter; to issue; to send; to leave; to depart
difficult to ...; hard to ...
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
to rub; to chafe; to wear out; to become worn; to lose one's innocence; to become sly
precisely; exactly; plumb; damn; stupid; cursed
strange; weird; wonder; mystery; cleverness; adroitness
section (i.e. of text); sentence; phrase; verse (of 5 or 7 mora in Japanese poetry; of 4, 5, or 7 characters in Chinese poetry); haiku; first 17 morae of a renga, etc.
to attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry
haikai; collective name for haiku, haibun, haiga, senryū, etc.; humorous or vulgar renga poetry
loitering; roaming; sauntering; wandering about; prowling
renga (early Japanese poetry form); linked verse; poetic dialogue
beginning (of a scroll, book, etc.)
to decorate; to ornament; to display; to exhibit; to mark (e.g. the day with a victory); to adorn (e.g. the front page)
to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)
fly (any insect of infraorder Muscomorpha); person of no worth; pisher; scrub
to descend; to go down; to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.); to pass (of time); to surrender; to capitulate; to be less than
above; up; top; summit; surface; before; previous
bluebottle fly; (arch.) little pest
the West; the Occident; Western countries
meat soup; bouillon; juices (from grilled meat); gravy
honorific/polite/humble prefix
death; decease; (arch.) death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation); (an) out
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of