dwelling; house; residence; address
to live; to reside; to inhabit
thatching a roof (with grass); thatched roof
pillar; post; support; prop; counter for buddhas, gods, nobles, etc.
many; much; majority (of); greater part (of); mostly; mainly
skin; hide; rind; peel; shell; sheath
furnished with; including; attached to; impression; appearance; luck; sociality
Japanese cedar (Cryptomeria japonica)
log; dace (Tribolodon hakonensis)
bamboo (any grass of subfamily Bambusoideae); middle (of a three-tier ranking system)
fate; destiny (esp. as a mysterious force that binds two people together); relationship (e.g. between two people); bond; family ties; affinity; opportunity
earth; soil; the earth (historically, esp. as opposed to the heavens); the ground; low-quality torinoko-gami (containing mud); (period of) refraining from construction in the direction of the god of the earth (in Onmyōdō)
wall; partition; barrier; obstacle; Chinese "Wall" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
village headman (esp. in the Kansai region)
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
adds force or indicates command
dirt floor; room with dirt floor; pit (theater seating); parterre
to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold
medium; average; moderation; middle school; China; volume two (of three); during (a certain time when one did or is doing something)
below; down; bottom; beneath; underneath; just after; right after
water (esp. cool, fresh water, e.g. drinking water); fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid; flood; floodwaters; water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout
to bail out (water); to dip out; to ladle out; to start drawing (water)
hands and feet; limbs; person at one's beck and call; person at hand; reliable worker
mud; slush; (wet) dirt; thief
washing; sashimi chilled in iced water
to be cut out for (e.g. a job); to be suited (to)
head (of a household, etc.); leader; owner; proprietor; subject (of a rumour, etc.); doer (of a deed); guardian spirit (e.g. long-resident beast, usu. with mystical powers)
head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); proprietress; (arch.) entertaining someone as one's guest
speaking of ...; when it comes to ...; as for ...; if one were to say ...
goes without saying; needless to say; obvious
retirement (from work); leading a quiet life (after retirement); retired person; retiree; surrendering headship of the family (pre-WWII)
right (to do something); authority; power
medium-ranked councillor in the Department of State
nectar; honey; honeydew; treacle; molasses; sorbitol (when visible as dark patches inside an apple)
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
should (be); bound (to be); nock (of a bow); nock (of an arrow); nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger); wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out