paste; glue; clothing starch
nori; laver; edible seaweed, usu. Porphyra yezoensis or P. tenera, usu. dried and pressed into sheets
house-sitting; house-sitter; caretaker or keeper (official post in the Edo period)
flight (e.g. airline flight); trip (e.g. train trip); mail; post; opportunity; chance
bottle; jar; decanter; flagon; phial; vial
house; home; one's house; one's home; one's husband
to write down; to note; to jot down; to remember
armpit; under one's arm; beside; close to; aside; to the side; off-track
fat; thick; deep (of a voice); thick; daring; shameless
character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")
to continue; to keep up; to keep on
to bend one's head slightly to one side; to look slightly doubtful
unnatural; artificial; false; forced (e.g. smile); empty (e.g. compliments)
teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder
(addressee's) name; (recipient's) name and address
to be pleased; to gloat; to glow with self-satisfaction
honest; frank; candid; honestly; frankly
to receive; to get; to accept; to take; to interpret; to understand
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
mistake; error; accident; mishap; improper conduct (e.g. between man and woman); indiscretion
origin; source; history; originally; from the start; by nature
to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do
to notice; to become aware; to be scrupulous; to be attentive; to recover consciousness; to come to oneself
sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course
at hand; on hand; way of moving one's arms; skill; money at hand; pocket money
period of time (usu. a period of approx. two hours corresponding to one of the signs of the Chinese zodiac); carving; engraving; strictness; cruelty
six; six years of age; six o'clock (old time system)
past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)
strife; riot; (media) uproar; brouhaha; feud; tussle
to be late; to be delayed; to fall behind (in a race, one's studies, etc.); to lag behind; to be bereaved of; to be preceded by (someone) in death
document; letter; writing; contents (e.g. of a letter)
in order to do; for the purpose of doing
number of ken (in length or breadth)
to wind; to coil; to envelope; to shroud; to outflank; to skirt
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
suddenly; abruptly; unexpectedly
gloomy; dismal; miserable; spirit of yin
lingering light of evening
to drift; to float; to waft (e.g. a scent); to hang in the air; to be in the air (e.g. a feeling or mood); to wander; to walk around aimlessly