passion; temper; irritability
to touch; to feel; to get involved (with); to approach; to be harmful to; to hinder
to catch; to capture; to grab; to clutch; to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street)
virile; tough; masculine; intense
trouble; hardship; difficulty; anxiety; worry; concern
to get back; to regain; to recover; to make up (for); to catch up on
warehouse; storehouse; cellar; magazine; granary; godown
board; plank; sheet (of metal); plate (of glass); cutting board; chopping board
dispute; strife; quarrel; dissension; conflict; rivalry
middle; halfway; half (of); one half; half (e.g. done, jokingly); partly
to crowd out; to push out; to start together; to set out en masse; to highlight; to draw attention to
to soak; to dip; to steep; to moisten; to wet
good bye; I'm off; see you later
to go; to come; to be defeated; to collapse; to be annoyed; to be nonplussed
exposure to the sun; sunny place
to travel on frequently (e.g. a road or path)
police box; koban; alternation; alternating (current, stress, etc.)
to face on; to look out on to
absence; being away from home; house-sitting; house-sitter; being left unattended to (of one's studies, etc.); neglecting
coming down from one's seat and prostrating oneself (to pay obeisance); musicians' box on the left side of the stage; lower seat
presence; appearance; attendance; visit; going out
on business; for business; business purpose
and (also); both ... and; as well as
sweet half sake; sweet drink made from fermented rice
to sell wholesale; to grate (e.g. vegetables); to cut up fish
to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress
merchant's home; rented home; store; shop
zigzag-shaped paper streamer often used to adorn Shinto-related objects; hornbeam (deciduous tree in the birch family)
to descend; to go down; to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.); to pass (of time); to surrender; to capitulate; to be less than
article (in document); provision; stripe; streak; although; though
muddiness; murkiness; impurity; Japanese voiced consonant mark; unrefined sake
nakedness; nudity; bareness; nakedness; being penniless; concealing nothing
protrusion; projection; hors d'oeuvre; appetizer; frontal thrust out (winning technique); pushing one's opponent out of the ring
chic; smart; understanding; considerate; familiar with worldly pleasures (esp. sexual relations, geisha districts and red-light districts)
to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included
Xia dynasty (China, perhaps c. 2070-1600 BCE, perhaps mythological); Hsia dynasty
to cross over (e.g. mountain); to go across; to get over (e.g. hardship); to pass time (e.g. a winter); to surpass; to be better than; to move house