longing; great desire; aspiration
secret; secrecy; mystery; secret (e.g. to success); esoteric teachings
I, myself; one-self; by one-self; even I; even one
notebook; copy-book; note; noting down; (musical) note; laptop (computer)
tedious; boring; being fed up with
to be inclined to do; to be willing to do
fate; destiny (esp. as a mysterious force that binds two people together); relationship (e.g. between two people); bond; family ties; affinity; opportunity
muddiness; murkiness; impurity; Japanese voiced consonant mark; unrefined sake
red; crimson; red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange); Red (i.e. communist); red light (traffic); red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading); (in) the red
black; black go stone; guilt; guilty person
common carp (Cyprinus carpio); koi carp
to surface; to come to the top; to stand out (e.g. against a background)
pine tree (Pinus spp.); highest (of a three-tier ranking system)
book; volume; this; present; main; head
to place on (something); to give (someone) a ride; to give a lift; to load (luggage); to carry; to send out (on the airwaves, etc.); to deceive
water (esp. cool, fresh water, e.g. drinking water); fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid; flood; floodwaters; water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout
shaku (unit of distance approximately equal to 30.3 cm); rule; measure; length
be considered; be deemed; be thought to be
shadow picture; silhouette; shadowgraph
to be reflected; to harmonize with (harmonise); to come out (photo); to be projected; to be displayed (on a screen)
to fasten one's eye on (a person); to stare at
swaying; swinging; rocking; shaking; wavering; flickering
to drain; to pour; to wash away; to distribute (e.g. electricity over wires, music over a PA system, etc.); to circulate; to cruise (e.g. taxi); to float
surface; face (i.e. the visible side of an object); front (of a building, etc.); obverse side (i.e. "head") of a coin; outside; exterior; appearance
silently (as the grave); quietly (as in death)
cicada; locust; small-sized pulley
ear; hearing; edge; crust; selvedge (non-fray machined edge of fabrics); selvage
to push out; to project; to stick out; to hand over (e.g. to the police)
to palpitate (with anxiety, etc.)
to go past (a place or thing); to go beyond
guest; visitor; customer; client; shopper
both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold
to lean on; to recline on; to rely on; to depend on
slovenly (appearance, work, etc.); sloppy; untidy; weak; feeble; weak-willed
upper half of the body; upper body
so; like this; in this way
early on; earlier on; from early
(your) business; (your) concern; (customer's) order; official business (of the government, Imperial Court, etc.); arrest; capture
teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder