to force; to compel; to coerce; to press; to impose
to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned
poor (at); weak (in); not very good (at); not one's cup of tea; not one's favorite
living thing; living creature; animal; life
to turn round; to face about; to turn about
kimono; Japanese traditional clothing (esp. full-length); clothing; clothes
advantageous; favourable; better; profitable; lucrative; gainful
place; situation; position; location
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
plan; meter; measuring device; (in) total; total (of)
to approach; to draw near
to hit (e.g. to have a car hit someone); to run into; to reject; to deny; to eliminate; to exclude; to flip
Japanese apricot (Prunus mume); Japanese plum; ume; lowest (of a three-tier ranking system)
to chide; to rebuke; to reprove
from the beginning; from the first; all along; of course
like this; this sort; this way
outdoor sleeper; rough sleeper; homeless person
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
ancestor; forefather; foremother
to swing; to wield (physically); to exercise (e.g. power, ability); to exhibit; to flourish; to prosper
to raise; to raise up; to wake; to wake up; to cause; to bring about; to start
your home; your family; their home; (my) home
relatives; one's family; friends; members of the same organization; followers; henchmen
existing (at the present moment); alright; acceptable; to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to have
high-ranking noh actor; head of a school of noh performance; high ranking courtesan (esp. in Yoshiwara) (Edo-period); jōruri narrator; manzai narrator; female role actor in kabuki; low ranking priest in a Shinto shrine
tuft (of hair, threads, etc.); fringe; bunch (of grapes, bananas, etc.); cluster (of flowers); segment (of a tangerine, etc.); section
strange; weird; wonder; mystery; cleverness; adroitness
neck; head; dismissal; discharge
having done ... by mistake; having messed up ...
moving forward by sliding on one's knees (in the presence of high-ranking individuals)
hakama; man's formal divided skirt
crotch; crutch; groin; fork (in a tree, road, river, etc.); tines (of a fork)
flesh; meat; flesh (of a fruit); pulp; the physical body (as opposed to the spirit); flesh; thickness
to work on (someone); to appeal to; to make approaches to; to begin to work
addition; increase; Canada
to compete; to contest; to quarrel; to argue; to deny (e.g. evidence)
any more; any further; any better; any longer
which way; which direction; which one (esp. of two alternatives); who
death; decease; (arch.) death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation); (an) out
to rescue from; to help out of; to save
to be saved; to be rescued; to escape harm; to be spared damage; to be helped; to be saved trouble
dot; spot; mark (in an exam, etc.); grade; point (in a game); score; point (in geometry)