fleeting (glimpse, glance, etc.)
simplicity; brevity; letter; note; bamboo writing strip (in ancient China); simplified Chinese character
to lose; to miss; to forget; to be excessive
the last drop makes the cup run over; too much of a good thing; less is more
part; portion; amount; worth (as in "two days' worth"); one's means; one's place; one's duty
to that extent; accordingly; that being the case; that state; that condition
one's nature; one's destiny; custom; tradition; habit
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
to erase; to delete; to turn off (power); to switch off; to extinguish; to put out
not only ... (but also); not merely; as well as; furthermore; besides; moreover
before long; soon; almost; nearly; finally; in the end
to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)
to send to; to deliver; to escort (a person) home
straight (from one place to another); going right onto; on the way; simultaneously; incidentally; directly
dead person; (the) deceased; (the) dead; casualties
soul; spirit; departed soul; ghost
one mind; wholeheartedness; one's whole heart
record; minutes; record (e.g. in sports); results; to record; to document
everything; anything; nothing
ordinary; common; free of charge; unaffected; as is; only
up through; up until; down to; from ... to ... (e.g. from head to toe); everything from ... to ...
to divide; to separate; to share; to distribute; to distinguish
to obey; to submit to; to serve (in the army, a prison sentence, etc.); to go into (mourning); to observe; to take (medicine, poison, etc.)
food and (alcoholic) drink
food offering to the gods; prepared food
the country; countryside; outskirts; suburbs; presence; being in attendance
mackerel (esp. the chub mackerel, Scomber japonicus); server (in an online game)
to play (games, sports); to enjoy oneself; to mess about (with alcohol, gambling, philandery, etc.); to be idle; to do nothing; to meet up (with friends); to hang out
(arch.) to sink; (arch.) to go down; to pass away; to die; to disappear; to vanish
to serve; to work for; to attend
again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and
to work; to labor; to labour; to put to work; to make (someone) work
quotient; dealing; dealer; second degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); Shang dynasty (China, approx. 1600-1046 BCE); Yin dynasty
yours sincerely; respectfully yours
farewell; be that so; in that case; (arch.) however; (arch.) though that may be the case
still; yet; more; still more; as ...; like ...
great teacher (i.e. a buddha, bodhisattva or high monk, esp. Kobo Daishi)
jaw; chin; barb (of a fishhook)
seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of
work (e.g. of art); production; harvest; cultivation; technique
foolish thing; stupid thing; absurdity