plating (chrome, gold, silver, etc.); coating; gilding; pretense; pretence; simulation
new; neo-; newness; novelty; Gregorian calendar; Xin dynasty (China, 9-23 CE)
to cheat someone out of; to wangle; to get; to obtain
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
cooked rice; meal; food; one's living; livelihood
train of dress; trailing skirt; woman who doesn't work and only thinks about fashion
to put in; to let in; to admit; to accept; to accept; to comply; to include
role; assignment; position (of responsibility); post; part (in a play, film, etc.); role
miscellany (classification of Japanese poetry unrelated to the seasons or to love)
yakuza; gangster; mobster; useless; worthless; good-for-nothing
another (person); the other person; one more (person)
rickshaw puller; rickshaw driver; rickshaw man
car; automobile; vehicle; wheel
falling (down); tumbling (down); failure; failing; renouncing Christianity and converting to Buddhism (during the Edo period); apostasy
counter for people (usu. seating, reservations and such); first name; famous; great; name; noun
to fall over; to fall down; to fall; to flop (e.g. of a play); to be a flop
shelf; ledge; rack; trellis
bed; berth; crib; cot; kip; bedroom
fundoshi; loincloth; kimono underskirt; wrestler's ornamental apron
charge; duty; person in charge; official; clerk
he; she; this; this one; Hey, you!; You bastard!
volume (of book); reel (of film); scroll (of books or paintings); roll (paper, etc.)
to fold in; to bear deep in mind; to follow up
easy; simple; simple (way of thinking, etc.); simple-minded; soft; lax
jūbako; multi-tiered food box
piece; fragment; one (object)
filthy; dirty (looking); drab
fortune; property; life circumstances; finances; one's worth; one's merit
stand; rack; support; holder; counter for machines, incl. vehicles; setting (e.g. in jewellery); level (e.g. price level)
to cram; to stuff; to jam; to squeeze; to compress; to pack
empty conveyance; empty taxi; free taxi; having spaces available (of a parking lot)
anyhow; in any case; at any rate; at best; at most
to draw; to paint; to depict; to describe; to picture in one's mind; to imagine
castle magically created by the Buddha
imperial palace (esp. Kyoto Imperial Palace); imperial residence; residence of a shogun, minister, etc.; emperor; ex-emperor; empress
cattle (Bos taurus); cow; beef; Chinese "Ox" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
rag; scrap; fault (esp. in a pretense, pretence); defect; run-down; shabby