amount necessary to fill a container (e.g. cupful, spoonful, etc.); drink (usu. alcoholic); full; one squid, octopus, crab, etc.; one boat; fully; to capacity
as one would expect; naturally; indeed; still; all the same; after all
to be famous; to be celebrated; to be worthy of the name
aloes wood (Taxus cuspidata var. nana); aloes-wood perfume; aloes-wood incense
thousand years; very long period; forever
bush clover; Japanese clover (any flowering plant of genus Lespedeza); dark red exterior with blue interior (color combination worn in autumn); Hagi (city in Yamaguchi)
old tree of historical interest; excellent wood; precious woods; choice wood
previous generation (e.g. one's parents); family predecessor; predecessor; previous age
seppuku; harakiri; ritual suicide by disembowelment; seppuku as a death penalty (where the convict is decapitated by a second as they make the motions to disembowel themself; Edo period)
to sacrifice oneself; to die a martyr
loyal retainer; loyal subject
father and mother; parents
(work) hard; unceasingly; strenuously; assiduously; busily; ardently
man of virtue; wise man; person of high rank; the four gentlemen (plum, chrysanthemum, orchid, and bamboo)
wicked and perverse; weird and incoherent
to sit; to squat; to be implicated
to avoid (physical contact with); to avoid (situation); to ward off; to avert; to put aside; to move out of the way
medicine; pharmaceuticals; efficacious chemical (gunpowder, pesticide, etc.); (pottery) glaze; (illegal) drug; narcotic
to grow long (e.g. hair, nails); to lengthen; to extend; to reach out; to hold out; to straighten; to smooth out
to render assistance; to make an effort
(not) the slightest bit; (not) the least; (not) at all
good person; virtuous person
bad person; villain; scoundrel; wrongdoer; wicked person
something broad and flat; common; ordinary; low-ranking employee; freshman
government service; government employ
side of a geometric shape (e.g. triangle or rectangle)
on the way; en route; in the process of (development, construction, etc.); in the middle of
to rot; to decay; to die in obscurity; to be forgotten with time
hole; opening; pit; hollow; burrow; den; deficit
difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy
village headman (esp. in the Kansai region)
as such; that being so; for that reason
when; at what time; how soon; normal times; ordinary days
same row; same line; same file; same rank; same level; same category
martial law; articles of war; military disciple; military law
married couple; husband and wife; man and wife; his and hers; pair of objects, one larger (for man), one smaller (for woman)