counter for buildings (esp. houses); suffix for a pen name, stage name, etc.
role; assignment; position (of responsibility); post; part (in a play, film, etc.); role
(just) making sure; just to be sure; just in case; for caution's sake
to bring; to take (something) along; to fetch; to get
completion; accomplishment; attainment of greatness or success
to face (each other); to be facing; to be directed toward (the future, etc.); to be in response to; to receive (a client, etc.); to compare with
to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen
three flat objects (sheets of paper, pieces of cloth, etc.); cutting a fish into two boneless fillets and a piece with the skeleton
comfort; ease; easy; simple; (economically) comfortable; raku pottery
house of parliament (congress, diet, etc.); graduate school; postgraduate school; institution (often medical); institutional building; sub-temple; minor temple building
this sort of; of this kind; of the sort; such
cormorant (Phalacrocoracidae spp.)
I; me; oneself; (arch.) you; (arch.) prefix indicating familiarity or contempt
on the way back; returning
to break; to fracture; to fold; to bend; to make (origami); to interrupt
to crawl; to creep; to slither; to wriggle; to trail (of vines, flowers, etc.); to spread
object left in a person's charge
(the) positive; yang (in Chinese divination); the open; visible place
nearby (one's seat); (by) one's side; Dear (Mr./Mrs.)
(move) slowly (e.g. walk); sluggishly; stolidly; ploddingly; heavily
middle; centre; center; midpoint; heart
period of time (usu. a period of approx. two hours corresponding to one of the signs of the Chinese zodiac); carving; engraving; strictness; cruelty
seven; seven years of age; four o'clock (old time system)
fall; decline; string apron; ornamental cords hanging from the front of a sumo wrestler's belt; food offering to the gods; leftovers
drainage; ditch; gutter; sewage; black water
mischief; prank; pastime; hobby; playing with (a lighter, etc.); fooling around with
reproachful; hateful; bitter
daytime; during the day; time from sunrise until sunset; diurnal period
to make a sound; to give off a sound; to hear a sound
no matter what it takes; by any means necessary; at all costs; by hook or by crook
to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold
difficult to ...; hard to ...
to be found; to be discovered
many times over; often; repeatedly; time after time
to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk
to give up all thoughts of; to abandon; to despair of; to make up one's mind; to take a momentous decision
magnificent; grand; fair; square; grandly; boldly
(looking around) restlessly; (looking) all around; goggling
to bend; to curve; to turn; to be awry; to be askew
pillow made from bamboo or cane (for use during the summer)
air; atmosphere; mood; situation; someone with no presence; someone who doesn't stand out at all
student; student who performs housework in exchange for meals and lodging; houseboy (attending school or university)
cotton (material); red silk-cotton tree (Bombax ceiba)
injury; wound; mistake; accident; loss
to move (house); to transfer (department); to change the target of interest or concern; to elapse (passage of time); to be permeated by a colour or scent; to be infected