crude; rough; plain; careless; disrespectful; without proper care
tenacious; persistent; stubborn; vindictive; spiteful; vengeful
human being; human; person; character (of a person)
existence; being; life; survival
greed; craving; desire; appetite; hunger; avarice
embodiment; materialization; actualization; realization; taking form; taking shape
to learn by experience; to learn one's lesson; to learn the hard way; to be discouraged (by); to have enough (of); to be disgusted (with)
how (beautiful, tasty, etc.); what a ...; nothing worth mentioning; nothing special; of what name
dawn; daybreak; end; soon after something has ended; beginning (of a new year, month, etc.)
bamboo (any grass of subfamily Bambusoideae); middle (of a three-tier ranking system)
being a mystery (due to conflicting testimony); being unknown; (lit.) in a grove
to throw into; to toss into; to throw-in; to play a throw-in
to divide (into); to split (into); to share; to distribute; to distinguish; to discriminate; to break up (a fight)
to; traditional unit of volume, approx. 18 litres; square bearing block (at the top of a pillar); Chinese "Dipper" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); third string of a koto (counting from the player's near side)
to hit; to strike; to strike (noon, etc.); to sound (cymbals, etc.); to beat (rhythmically, e.g. pulse, waves, etc.); to move; to impress
to feel down; to feel sad; to be in a slump (business, economy, etc.); to be in an unfavourable condition; to fall into (e.g. a hole)
to mind; to care about; to be an issue; to matter; to keep company; to care for; to interfere with
without; but if; otherwise; or else
to turn back; to go back; to come back; to return; to retrace one's steps
to call out (to); to call; to summon (a doctor, etc.); to invite; to designate; to name; to garner (support, etc.)
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 understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
water's edge; waterside; shore; before coming ashore; before entering the country; (at the) border
to advance on; to close in; to march on; to descend on (the enemy); to move towards; to surge forward (crowd, wave of nostalgia, wave, etc.)
naturally; in due course; by itself; of its own accord
often; frequently; lightly (of a movement); easily; simply
as one would expect; naturally; indeed; still; all the same; after all
remaining bony parts (of a fish after filleting); flaw (esp. of a person); fault; rice chaff; rough; crude
state; condition; the way things should be; ideal state; truth
to present; to offer; to show; to display; to assume (e.g. a shape)
to nod; to bow one's head in assent; to agree
limit; limits; degree; extent; the end; the last; as long as ...
dark brown; colour of tanned skin
to rub (on); to wipe; to daub; to lay (the blame on someone); to pin; to shift
black and white; right and wrong
unevenness (of colour, paint, etc.); irregularity; unevenness (of quality, results, behaviour, etc.); inconsistency; fickleness; capriciousness
mass of rock; rock lump; block
the vertical; height; front-to-back; length; north-to-south; vertical (relationship)
to lie face down; to lie flat (on one's stomach); to bend down (in submission); to bow down; to (crouch) and hide (behind); to conceal oneself; to lie down (and sleep)
overhead; above one's head; high in the sky
3 Japanese feet; waistband; belt; cloth girdle
unshapely; ill-formed; misshapen; awkward; clumsy
stairs; stairway; staircase