to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
middle; centre; center; midpoint; heart
dregs; sediment; lees (esp. sake); leftovers; by-product; worthless item; junk
faint; dim; weak; poor; wretched; meagre
interrogative sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
harmony; accord; reconciliation; agreement
to invite; to ask (someone to do); to tempt; to lure; to induce (tears, laughter, sleepiness, etc.); to arouse (e.g. sympathy)
absorbed in; immersed in; forgetting oneself; daze; within a dream; while dreaming
(cannot) possibly; (not) by any means; (not) at all; utterly; absolutely
to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at
the East; the Orient; (East) Asia; Japan
equation; formula; ceremony; style; (arch.) enforcement regulations (of the ritsuryo)
monotony; monotone; dullness; monotone; monotonic
languid; weary; listless; melancholy
earth; ground; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements)
to pull out; to take out; to lead out (e.g. a horse from a stable); to summon (e.g. to court); to withdraw (money); to draw
mind; heart; spirit; the meaning of a phrase (riddle, etc.)
to hurry (up); to press; to urge on
to drive away; to order off; to chase away; to force into an unpleasant situation (bankruptcy, prostitution, suicide, etc.)
cruel; brutal; ruthless; merciless; inhuman
tune; tone; vein; mood; condition; state of health
to recite; to chant; to cry; to yell; to advocate; to advance
chorus; singing in a chorus
forever; for good; eternally; as long as one likes; indefinitely; no matter what
same; identical; equal; anyway; anyhow; in either case
worship (esp. Christian); adoration; divine service; worship (esp. Buddhist and Shinto)
body; oneself; one's place; one's position; main part; meat (as opposed to bone, skin, etc.)
to finish; to end; to merely result in something less severe than expected; to feel at ease; to feel unease or guilt for troubling someone; to be sorry
life; lifetime; career; for life; all one's life; throughout one's life
(made of) stone; stone-built
gradually; steadily; slowly; little by little; step by step; by degrees
quietly; slowly; gracefully
to shine on; to illuminate; to compare (with); to refer to
flaring up; burning hotly; flying into a rage; losing one's cool; opening suddenly and widely (e.g. eyes, mouth); (arch.) acting resolutely
terrific; fierce; terrible; tremendous; dreadful; awful
(flight of) stone steps; stone stairway
one jump; one flight; (at) once; (in) one stroke
to fly; to soar; to jump; to leap; to spatter; to scatter; to hurry