medal; shield; card on which dharani (etc.) are written; notice board (in a Zen temple); tile (mahjong, dominos, etc.)
signboard; sign; draw; attraction; reputation (of a shop); name
protuberant; paunchy; idly
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
Western-style clothes (cf. traditional Japanese clothes)
button (clothing); push-button
tree peony (Paeonia suffruticosa); moutan; wild boar (meat)
to come together; to merge; to fit; to match; to be profitable; to be equitable
to be stumped; to be at a loss; to be at one's wits' end; to be fed up; to be tired (of); to be unable to bear
stomach; breadbasket; inner man; dietary needs
surroundings; environs; circumference
circumference; girth; surroundings; neighbourhood; people surrounding oneself; surrounding circumstances
living off (a person); sponging off; parasitism
lodger who pays nothing for room and board; freeloader; sponger
evening; night; dinner; evening meal; counter for nights
to raise; to elevate; to do up (one's hair); to fly (a kite, etc.); to launch (fireworks, etc.); to land (a boat); to show someone (into a room)
how; in what way; how about; questionable
(arch.) difference (from one another); (arch.) different thing; (arch.) other; unusual; extraordinary
to approach; to draw near; to gather (in one place); to come together; to stop by (while on one's way to another place); to drop by; to grow old
gate; branch of learning based on the teachings of a single master; division; phylum; counter for cannons
heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling); depressed; slow; sluggish; important (position, responsibility, etc.)
sound of footsteps; sense or sign that something is approaching
to be heard; to be audible; to be said to be; to be reputed
interest; entertainment; pleasure; implicit comparison (style of the Shi Jing)
to be stormy or choppy (sea); to go through hard times; to be broke; to be gloomy; to be glum
curiosity; inquisitiveness
to hit; to expose; to apply (e.g. patch); to put on; to allot; to call on someone (e.g. in class); to guess (an answer)
snail's pace; slow progress
going; travelling; act; action; bank; counter for banks; counter for groups or parties of people
sincerity and kindheartedness; honesty and simplicity
the future (usually distant); future tense; the world to come
imagination; supposition; guess
to draw; to paint; to depict; to describe; to picture in one's mind; to imagine
happy; glad; pleased; joyful; delightful; gratifying
house (e.g. of Tokugawa); family
column; beam; girder; digit; decade; order of magnitude
guidance; leading (the way); information; notice; announcement (of one's arrival); invitation
to beg; to ask; to request; to invite
head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); one's husband; (one's) employer; (one's) master; host