partly open; in half bloom
wretched; miserable; shameful; mean; despicable; abject
low-ranking soldier; graduation; moving on (from); outgrowing (something); low-ranking samurai (1870-1872); death (of a noble, etc.)
yes; that is correct; um; errr; huh?; grrr
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
circumstances; condition; to arrange; to manage; to lend money; to raise money
depending on; as soon as; immediately after; as (e.g. "as one is told", "as one wishes"); whatever (e.g. "whatever is at hand"); order; program
by all means; at all costs; absolutely
at once; immediately; right away; directly (face, lead to, etc.); automatically (mean, result in, etc.)
to cross over (e.g. mountain); to go across; to get over (e.g. hardship); to pass time (e.g. a winter); to surpass; to be better than; to move house
paper mulberry (Broussonetia papyrifera)
column; beam; girder; digit; decade; order of magnitude
beast (i.e. any animal other than man); person reborn into the animal realm; brute (i.e. a contemptible human being); damn it; damn
tool; implement; means; furniture
nail; spike; tack; rivet; brad; (pachinko) pin
surplus; margin; leeway; composure; placidity; complacency
to obey (an order, law, etc.); to abide by (a rule, custom, etc.); to follow (a person); to accompany; to go alongside (e.g. a river); to follow (e.g. a sign)
to talk about; to speak of; to recite; to chant; to indicate; to show
value; worth; merit; estimation; evaluation; appraisal
to call for somebody; to come for someone; to pick someone up
(a) step; one step; level; stage; small degree; small amount
step; stride; counter for steps
to advance; to move forward; to carry forward (plans, work, etc.); to proceed with; to raise; to elevate
feeling heavy in the head; heavy-headed; sick with worry
to re-grip; to re-wrestle; to regroup (after some adverse event)
to look around; to survey
strange; weird; wonder; mystery; cleverness; adroitness
street corner; road turn; bend in the road; turning point; watershed
kind; considerate; helpful; caring; thoughtful; attentive
to be dying; to be about to die; to be close to death
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
to take a breath; to take a short rest
comfort; ease; easy; simple; (economically) comfortable; raku pottery
railway station; train station; staging post on a highway (in pre-modern Japan); counter for railway stations and bus stations
to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on
beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...