river; stream; River; the ... river
teahouse; (Edo period) rest stop; (geisha) teahouse; establishment where patrons are entertained by geisha; tea house (that sells tea); tea dealer
(secret) date; clandestine meeting; assignation; tryst; rendezvous
he; she; this; this one; Hey, you!; You bastard!
iron (Fe); strong and hard (as iron); railway; railway enthusiast
thorn; spine; splinter (esp. lodged in one's flesh); hard sharp item (esp. lodged in one's throat, e.g. fish bone); biting words
weird; ominous; eerie; uncanny; ghastly
flatly rejecting; curtly refusing; beating easily; defeating handily; a kick
disliked; hated; tendency; smack (of); distinction; discrimination
to stroke; to caress; to brush gently; to comb (hair); to smooth down
absurd; foolish; stupid; silly; nonsense; ludicrous
(criminal) punishment; penalty; sentence
constancy; integrity; fidelity; principle; faithfulness; honor
retention; maintenance; preservation
machine; mechanism; instrument; appliance; apparatus
presentation (e.g. of a gift)
evil deed; wrongdoing; crime; misfortune; calamity
inverted; upside down; reversed; back to front; wrong way round
to respond; to satisfy; to accept; to comply with; to apply for
choking; suffocating; stifling; oppressive; heavy
for the present; for the time being; for a while (from now); for some time (to come)
hidden (talents, etc.); self-concealment; self-effacement
equivalence; equal value; parity; (logical) equivalence
indicates supposition; if ... then; when; (typically after someone's name) indicates exasperation
leaving a decision to someone else (often of a meal to be selected by the chef); omakase
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
have to do; must; should; ought to
to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign
to become confused (disconcerted, disorganized, disorganised); to be flustered; to panic; to hurry; to rush; to hasten
happiness; well-being; joy; welfare; blessedness
present (e.g. government, administration); current; existing
grounds (esp. of shrines and temples); compound; churchyard; precincts
to be matched against (in a sports contest)
miraculous medicine; miracle drug; wonder drug
qi; mysterious life force that makes up everything; spirits; mind; divine atmosphere; mysterious presence
stamina; endurance; physical strength; strength of an organization (e.g. profitability, productivity, economic clout, stability, growth potential)
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
polish (jewels); cultivation
to consider as; to regard (as equivalent); to deem (as); to equate
to enclose; to surround; to shelter (e.g. a criminal); to shield; to keep (e.g. a mistress); to store (vegetables, fruit, etc.)
raw; uncooked; natural; as it is; unprotected (sex); live (i.e. not recorded); inexperienced