illness; disease; bad habit; weakness; fault
spiritual awakening; resolution
myself; yourself; I; me; you
wish; desire; hope; prospect; expectation; (one's) hopes
monkey (esp. the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata); ape; sly person; idiot; hick; sliding wooden bolt (for holding a door or window shut); clasp used to control the height of a pot-hook
wholesale store; wholesale dealer; wholesaler
slope; incline; hill; milestone; (age) mark
live-in domestic service; live-in apprenticeship; public duty; public service
orpiment; gamboge; falsification; alteration
your husband; her husband
order; command; directions; instructions
ship; boat; tank; tub; counter for boat-shaped containers (e.g. of sashimi)
to pile up; to stack; to load (car, ship, etc.); to pack; to acquire; to accumulate
the very best; excellent; superb
dropping; unloading; grated vegetables, fruit, etc.; grater; using new tools (or clothes, etc.); new tools (or clothes, etc.)
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
on the way; en route; in the middle of; midway; halfway
consequence; outcome; result; blame
to open (e.g. doors); to open (e.g. business, etc.); to be empty; to be vacant; to be available; to be open (e.g. neckline, etc.); to have been opened (of one's eyes, mouth, etc.)
ferry landing; point of departure or arrival for ferries
furnished with; including; attached to; impression; appearance; luck; sociality
Bandō; former name of the Kantō region
in the style of (esp. literary, artistic, etc. works); reminiscent of; attached or stretched on
finally; at last; ultimately; in the end
burglary; burglar; closet
not less than; ... and over; beyond (e.g. one's expectations); above; above-mentioned; aforementioned
which (of three or more); well; now; c'mon
satisfactory; decent; good; proper; worthy
to run; to run (of a vehicle); to drive; to rush (to); to dash; to retreat; to flee
to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)
trunk; torso; plastron (in kendo); touching the plastron (kimari-te in kendo); frame (of a drum, etc.); sound box (of a shamisen, etc.)
pillow; bolster; introduction (e.g. to a rakugo story); lead-in
anti-; antithesis; fanqie; traditional Chinese spelling system in which two characters are used: the first one for the onset, the second one for rhyme and tone
to wave; to shake; to sprinkle; to throw (dice); to cast (actor); to allocate (work); to turn down (somebody)