wood; lumber; (raw) material; stuff; talent; ability
piece (e.g. poetry); poem; essay; book; story
modern; lug arm tips (on glasses); temple tips
heavy load; heavy luggage; heavy freight; heavy burden; heavy responsibility; encumbrance
household head; master; host (e.g. of a tea gathering); husband
gate; branch of learning based on the teachings of a single master; school; phylum; division; counter for cannons
resentful; bitter; reproachful; regrettable; disappointing; frustrating
necessary; indispensable; must-have; must (juice of grapes or other fruit prior to fermentation into wine)
trunk; torso; plastron (in kendo); touching the plastron (kimari-te in kendo); frame (of a drum, etc.); sound box (of a shamisen, etc.)
salty; calculating; stingy; scowling; grimacing; hoarse
to swell (out); to expand; to be inflated; to get cross; to get sulky; to pout
to jump at; to leap at; to fly at; to spring at; to pounce on
worn-out; ragged; crumbling; dry and crumbly; falling (in drops or clumps); scattering
manuscript; copy; draft; notes; contribution
people; (all) persons; everyone; (arch.) you (usu. plural)
to ripen; to mature; to be ready for action; to be the right time (to act); to be in common use; to come to sound natural
life; lifetime; career; for life; all one's life; throughout one's life
done; just done; just finished
acrobatics; risky undertaking
absorbed in; immersed in; forgetting oneself; daze; within a dream; while dreaming
to twirl; to spin; to fiddle with; to change (e.g. wording)
to do one's best; to do something to the best of one's ability
visit to console someone; giving comfort (to the sick, injured, etc.); expressing condolences (sympathy, concern, etc.); sympathy call
unexpectedly; surprisingly; unexpected; unanticipated; unforeseen
we; us; I; me; my store (business, etc.)
respect and affection; love and respect
to let (someone) play; to keep (someone) amused; to leave idle; to not make use of; to do; to do
every evening; every night
to be delighted; to be glad; to congratulate; to welcome (a proposal, advice, etc.); to take kindly to; to do with pleasure
thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...
time (three times, each time, etc.); times
coming to Japan; visit to Japan; coming to the imperial court (of an envoy, emissary, etc.)
black; black stone; guilt; guilty person
clothes (esp. Western clothes); clothing; dress; counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, puffs of a cigarette, etc.
stern; grave; austere; strict (e.g. security); severe; firm