friend; ally; supporter; taking sides with; supporting; standing by
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
safety; welfare; well-being
to ascertain; to check; to make sure
above; up; top; summit; surface; before; previous
to yearn for; to long for; to follow (someone); to idolize (for virtue, learning, status, etc.)
eastern country; eastern provinces; Kanto provinces
yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
something; some; somehow; for some reason; (is there) something (you want, etc.)
to shake; to jolt; to rock (cradle); to swing
eager; earnest; ardent; OFF (on switch)
feelings; emotion; compassion; sympathy; passion; affection
to load (a gun, etc.); to charge; to put into (e.g. emotion, effort); to include (e.g. tax in a sales price); to hang over; to shroud
to raise; to bring to (someone's attention); to appeal to (reason, emotions, etc.); to work on (one's emotions); to complain; to sue (a person)
alright; all right; right on; looking good; OK; okay
finally; at last; in the end; after all; never (happened)
to permit; to allow; to forgive; to pardon; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to acknowledge
every person; each one; everybody
together with; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
far; distant; distant (past); remote (in time); distant (relationship or kinship); having little to do (with someone); far (from something else in quality, degree, etc.)
to see someone off (at a station, an airport, etc.); to escort (e.g. home); to follow something with one's eyes until it is out of sight; to let pass; to pass up (an opportunity etc.); to shelve (a plan, deliberation on a bill, etc.); to postpone
two persons; two people; pair; couple
immediately; at once; soon; before long; easily; readily
road; path; route; way; distance; journey; road (e.g. to victory)
along the way; along the road
appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style
to impose; to visit upon; to inflict
figure of a person; figures of people; shadow of a person
change in pronunciation or meaning of a word; sound change; word with an altered pronunciation or meaning; turning or twisting part of a text (in Chinese poetry)
(arch.) I; (arch.) me; (person having) thin or shaved eyebrows; affectionate suffix for names of young men or pets
coming; going; being (somewhere); come; go; stay
wind; breeze; manner; behaviour; cold; influenza
(surface of) field; plain; unworked surface of (quarried) stone; (rough) surface of plank
Japanese league; ri; neighbourhood (under the ritsuryo system; orig. of 50 homes); unit of area (approx. 654m by 654m)
I'm afraid to say; I'm sorry to say; unfortunately
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
obligation; duty; charge; responsibility
to hang up (e.g. a coat, a picture on the wall); to let hang; to put on (e.g. a blanket); to put on top of; to put on (glasses, etc.); to wear (a necklace, etc.); to make (a call)
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?