legitimate self-defence; legitimate self-defense
testing; experiment; test; examination; exam; trial
judgment; judgement; divination; judgement
to be attached; to be connected with; to remain imprinted; to scar; to bear (fruit, interest, etc.); to be acquired (of a habit, ability, etc.); to increase (of strength, etc.)
to hide; to be hidden; to conceal oneself; to disappear
counter for the ichi-ni-san counting system (usu. directly preceding the item being counted); noun read using its on-yomi; counter for articles; indicates possessive (esp. in place names)
hill; height; knoll; rising ground
near; close; close (in time); soon; close (relationship); friendly
dilapidated house; tumbledown house; my house; my home; small resting place comprising four pillars and a roof (with no walls)
young lady of noble birth; princess (esp. in Western contexts, tales, etc.); girl; small; cute; (arch.) prostitute
to hear; to catch (the sound of something); to hear about (rumour, etc.); to overhear; to get used to hearing
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on
to remain; to abide; to stay (in the one place); to be limited to; to be confined to; to only account for
lucky day; auspicious day; unspecified day of the month (used to obscure the date a letter, invitation, etc. was written)
Sunday; day (of the month); counter for days; Japan
innocent; naive; unsophisticated; birth-
earth; soil; the earth (historically, esp. as opposed to the heavens); the ground; low-quality torinoko-gami (containing mud); (period of) refraining from construction in the direction of the god of the earth (in Onmyōdō)
very; extremely; exceedingly; top; highest; best
plants which flower in autumn (fall)
silver cock's comb (Celosia argentea, esp. crested cock's comb, Celosia argentea var. cristata)
system; lineage; ancestry; group (e.g. of colors) (colours); family (e.g. of languages); close (evolutionary) relationship
and; or; and the like; and so forth; and what not
tuber; taro; yokel; bumpkin; dud; worthless thing
counter for birds, rabbits, etc.
chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus); domestic chicken; chicken meat
(animal) feed; fodder; pet food; bait; lure; enticement
fishing; gathering seafood (e.g. clams, seaweed); catch (e.g. of fish); haul
piercing; shrill; noisy; loud; clamorous; wild
bird; bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry
to start singing (of birds, etc.)
hut; cabin; small theatre (theater); temporary playhouse; one's own house
feather; plume; wing; shuttlecock (in badminton)
farm house; country cottage
rural area; countryside; the sticks; hometown
whirlwind; sensation; commotion; hullabaloo