to let (someone) hear; to tell (e.g. a story); to make (someone) listen; to make (someone) understand; to grip (someone) with skilful singing, storytelling, etc.; to hold (someone) enchanted by
grateful; thankful; welcome; appreciated; evoking gratitude
happiness; good fortune; luck; blessing
it's been a long time; long time no see
dark (color); concentrated; thick
tie-dying applied to a whole piece of material
announcement; presentation; demonstration; displaying; showing; introducing
agarwood; aloeswood; gharuwood; aquilaria tree; lign aloes
paltry amount of money; cheapness; worthlessness; three one-mon coins
sink (e.g. in a kitchen); cruising (e.g. taxi); strolling (entertainer, musician, etc.); washing area (in a Japanese-style bath); back-washing service (in a public bath); floating (something on water)
red hair; (arch.) Westerner (esp. a Dutchman)
bawdy song; lewd song; obscene song
to break into song; to burst into song; to begin singing
meek; quiet; docile; mysterious; marvelous; marvellous
person; character; one's character; one's personality; able person; talented person
tatami mat (esp. as a measure of room size, either 1.82 sqm or 1.54 sqm)
height; stature; length (esp. of clothing); all (one has); everything; magnificence (of a waka poem, etc.)
bowl; pot; (plant) pot; flowerpot; crown (of the head); skull
bonsai; miniature potted plant
kamidana; household shrine; home shrine
tedious; boring; dull; to feel bored; to get bored (with); to get tired (of)
satisfactory; decent; good; proper; respectable
single combat; duel; one-on-one fight
uncle; old man; mister; manybar goatfish (Parupeneus multifasciatus)
(please) look; see; (please) try to do
(as for (that)) thing; (given (that)) thing; matter; (it is a ...) thing; matter; fact
to sense; to suspect; to get an inkling (of something); to get wind of; to smell (e.g. danger); to become aware of (e.g. a plot)
index finger; forefinger; first (occ. second) finger; second toe
to boost; to force up; to push up
little finger; pinky; fourth (occ. fifth) finger; little toe
Japanese flying squirrel (Pteromys momonga); small Japanese flying squirrel; Japanese dwarf flying squirrel
dead of the night; midnight; (arch.) third quarter of the ox's hour (around 2-2:30am or 3-3:30am)
to stay bottled up inside oneself; to be introverted; to have a melancholic appearance, atmosphere (of a person, object, place); to have a gloomy appearance
hm; um; huh?; what?; nuh-uh; no