skillful; adroit; craft; craftsmanship; plot; scheme
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
role; assignment; position (of responsibility); post; part (in a play, film, etc.); role
armpit; under one's arm; beside; close to; aside; to the side; off-track
funny; amusing; strange; odd; improper; unsuitable
art; craft; accomplishment; artistic skill; technique; performance
to fail; to blunder; to mess up; to be dismissed; to be fired
to be handed down; to be introduced; to be transmitted; to be circulated; to go along; to walk along
anyhow; at any rate; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case
to go by; to go past; to run (between; of a rail service, bus route, etc.); to operate (between); to go indoors; to go into a room; to penetrate
to fall down; to drop; to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class)
to stare at; to gaze at; to look hard at; to watch intently; to fix one's eyes on
to turn towards; to point
(following a verb) to be sure to; to do (something) so that ...; to make sure to; to try to
accompaniment for traditional performances (noh, kabuki, etc.); orchestra; band
already; now; by this time; quick; early; fast
to dodge (e.g. a question); to evade; to sidestep; to give (someone) the slip
race game (board game where the object is to reach the goal first); trad. Japanese board games played with dice, esp. ban-sugoroku
one thin flat object; one sheet
printing; impression; issue
journey; trip; travels; during the journey; on the way; while travelling
how; in what way; how about
medium; average; moderation; middle school; China; volume two (of three); during (a certain time when one did or is doing something)
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
disk; disc; tray; shallow bowl; grid; board (e.g. in shogi)
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
being enthusiastic about; being wild about; being absorbed in; being engrossed in; being devoted to
picture; drawing; painting; image (TV, film, etc.); picture; footage
because ...; for ...; the reason being ...; as for ...; when it comes to ...; regarding ...
meaning; significance; sense
clearly; plainly; distinctly; to be clear; to be definite; to be certain
all; entire; whole; altogether
section (i.e. of text); sentence; phrase; verse (of 5 or 7 mora in Japanese poetry; of 4, 5, or 7 characters in Chinese poetry); haiku; first 17 morae of a renga, etc.
to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to patch (clothes); to mend; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with
next; following; subsequent; stage; station