to wear (in modern Japanese, from the shoulders down); to put on; to bear (guilt, etc.)
to be clear (of a sight, sound, colour, etc.); to be bright; to be clear-headed; to be alert; to look upbeat; to be perky; to master (a skill)
abrupt; sudden; unexpected
unusual event; strange occurrence; strange phenomenon; something abnormal; change (for the worse); accident
pair; couple; antithesis; counter for items that come in pairs; counter for sets (of clothes, small furniture, utensils, etc.)
originally; by nature; from the start
tolerance; open-mindedness; forbearance; generosity; magnanimity
nature (of a person); sex; gender; sex (i.e. sexual attraction, activity, etc.); gender; -ty
to become twisted; to grow distorted; to get sulky; to sulk; to grow bitter; to become embittered
poverty; penury; want; (arch.) insufficiency; (arch.) shortage; (arch.) deficiency
Scotch; Scotch whisky; Scotch tweed
cleaning dust etc. from rooms; housecleaning; (the traditional Japanese end-of-the-year, 13th December) big house cleaning; spring cleaning (only not in spring)
to employ; to hire; to charter
employee; worker; laborer (labourer); blue-collar worker
general; universal; ordinary; average; (arch.) the same; (arch.) no different
preparation; arrangements
polite; courteous; civil; friendship; (sexual) intimacy
part of the garden close to the house; nearby garden
to invite; to ask (someone to do); to tempt; to lure; to induce (tears, laughter, sleepiness, etc.); to arouse (e.g. sympathy)
wicket gate; wooden door; entrance to an entertainment venue (i.e. sumo arena, etc.)
to begin to run; to start running; to break into a run
comrade; friend; associate; colleague; fellow student; fellow apprentice
young girl; lass; adolescent female
light; illumination; ray; happiness; hope; influence
to shoot (arrow, bolt, dart)
flinchingly; falteringly; being overwhelmed; staggeringly; totteringly; unsteadily
feeling obliged; being grateful; being thankful; (arch.) shrinking back in fear
scene; spectacle; sight; view
to get on (train, plane, bus, ship, etc.); to get in; to get on (e.g. a footstool); to step on; to reach; to go over; to follow
after (practically) no time; immediately after; just; having no time to
just like that; in the twinkling of an eye; in the blink of an eye; (lit.) in the time it takes to say "ah!"
to arrive at; to reach; to sit on; to sit at (e.g. the table)
stone; jewel; precious stone; flint (in a lighter); stone (in go); stone (in the bladder, kidney etc.); calculus
pistol; handgun; revolver
to hang; to suspend; to lower; to reduce; to demote; to move back
security police; special police; special; TV special; standard-playing (record); SP; shore patrol
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself