comparatively high; fairly expensive
one's parents' home; one's origins; one's upbringing; one's past
practice; practising; training; study
to throw; to fling; to hurl; to neglect; to abandon; to leave alone
confused; flustered; at a loss
come; come now; well; who knows; well now; let's see
from now on; after this; in the future; from here; from this point
both; both sides; both parties
neck; head; dismissal; discharge
ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pile (of noodles, etc.); bullet
rosary; string of prayer beads
link; connection; filler; stopgap (job, budget, etc.); thickener (e.g. in cooking); thickening; hedging
to come together; to merge; to fit; to match; to be profitable; to be equitable
extremely angry; furious; fiercely (shine); blazingly; merrily (burn away); red-hot
to sing; to sing (one's praises in a poem, etc.); to compose a poem; to recite a poem
joint; knuckle; tune; melody; knot (in wood); node in a bamboo stem
to match (rhythm, speed, etc.); to join together; to unite; to face; to be opposite (someone); to compare; to check with
to sound; to ring; to resound; to echo; to roar; to rumble
blowing repeatedly (e.g. to cool something down); huffing and puffing; puffing and panting; struggling (with work, studies, etc.); having difficulty
a family; a household; (one's own) style; school; gang; (yakuza) family
generally; mainly; nearly all; almost all; gist; summary; staying within bounds
to burn; to be roasted; to be heated; to be jealous; to be envious
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
worry; concern; anxiety; care; help; aid
paper lantern; Chinese lantern; Japanese lantern
ditch; drain; groove; tread; gap (between people, countries, etc.); gulf
to fall down; to drop; to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class)
clicking one's tongue; tut-tut; smacking one's lips (with relish)
chōnin (Edo-period social class of town-dwelling commoners, esp. landowning merchants); townspeople; townsfolk; tradespeople
counter for doses of medicine, etc.
yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
standing position (working, sex, etc.); erect position; upright position
like; similar to; as with; in the same way
to stick through; to force through; to spread throughout; to thoroughly diffuse; to make a path between two points; to proceed in a logical manner; to let pass
to get on (train, plane, bus, ship, etc.); to get in; to get on (e.g. a footstool); to step on; to reach; to go over; to follow
to banter; to make fun of; to cool; to refrigerate; to window-shop; to look at without buying