tool; implement; means; furniture
request; favor; favour; reliance; dependence; trust
local specialty or souvenir bought as a gift while travelling; present brought by a visitor; something unpleasant that one is given (e.g. an illness while on vacation); unwelcome gift
the other day; lately; recently
toy; (person or thing treated as a) plaything
father; dad; husband; you; he
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
homework; assignment; pending issue; unresolved problem; open question
(way of) literary composition; (way of) spelling; school composition
to spell; to write; to compose; to bind (e.g. documents); to patch
to play (games, sports); to enjoy oneself; to mess about (with alcohol, gambling, philandery, etc.); to be idle; to do nothing; to meet up (with friends); to hang out
degree; extent; (health) condition; state of health; adjustment; moderation; addition and subtraction
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
have a good day; take care; see you
entrance; front door; entryway; entranceway; entry hall; vestibule
to send (a thing); to dispatch; to take or escort (a person somewhere); to see off (a person); to bid farewell (to the departed); to bury; to spend (time)
dirt floor; room with dirt floor; pit (theater seating); parterre
to fly; to soar; to jump; to leap; to spatter; to scatter; to hurry
on the occasion of; circumstances; juncture
edge; brink; verge; time; moment of
to follow; to pursue; to die right after a loved one; to kill oneself after the death of a loved one; to follow an example set by earlier generations (or one's master, etc.)
lie; fib; mistake; error; unwise move; bad decision
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
how many times; how often
to get angry; to get mad; to tell someone off; to scold; to be angular; to be square
noisy; loud; annoying; troublesome; fussy; finicky
to yearn for; to long for; to follow (someone); to idolize (for virtue, learning, status, etc.)
so; like this; in this way
persistent; obstinate; tenacious; relentless; insistent; importunate
insistent; obstinate; persistent; too rich (taste, etc.); fatty; heavy
battle standard decorated with hanging strips of paper or leather; fireman's standard (Edo period)
mark; target; object; subject; point (e.g. of argument)
something or other; somehow
(doing) various things; (doing) this and that; being apt to; being prone to; at any rate; anyhow
between-season wear; spring and autumn clothing; together; condition; situation; -ish
to get on well (with a person); (lit.) to be a good match with one's horse (e.g. of a rider)
chief; main; principal; important
I, myself; one-self; by one-self; even I; even one
somehow or other; for some reason or another; without knowing why
to be convinced (that); to be under the impression (that); to make up one's mind; to set one's heart on; to be obsessed (with a thought, idea, etc.); to think about obsessively
regarding; in; to; towards; with regards to