one's home; hometown; native place; birthplace
to call; to summon; to send for; to call together
same village; same town; same province
senior (at work or school); superior; elder; older graduate; progenitor; old-timer
one-tenth; one percent (one-tenth of a wari); one-quarter of a ryō (obsolete unit of currency); thickness; advantageous circumstances; one-tenth of a monme of silver
managing director; executive director; routine business; regular business
helper; assistant; second
host and guest; principal and auxiliary; subject and object (philosophical); subject and object
lower back; waist; hips; body (of hair, noodle, paper, etc.); resilience; spring
intention; plan; belief; assumption; estimate; estimation
number (in a series); (one's) turn; watch; guard; rank; standing; bout
to bend forward; to stoop; to bow
to come near; to let someone approach; to bring near; to bring together; to deliver (opinion, news, etc.); to send (e.g. a letter); to let someone drop by
to say; to tell; to state; to do
of course; certainly; naturally
to think, feel, consider, know, etc.
please; kindly; I beg of you; by all means; without fail
please; somehow or other; one way or another
to one's heart's content; as much as one wants; as hard as one can; resolution; decisiveness; determination
plain; simple; reserved (behaviour, attitude, etc.); modest; quite; a (little) bit
at any rate; anyhow; anyway; in any case; because; as you know
lonely; lonesome; solitary; desolate
and (also); both ... and; as well as
comparatively; quite; rather; rate; ratio; percentage
loss; damage; harm; disadvantage; handicap; drawback
to be within others' sight; to be visible; to be conspicuous; to attract public attention; to come under observation
type of cleromancy divination (described in the Book of Changes) performed with long sticks; The Book of Changes; Yijing; I Ching
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
to set off to advantage; to bring into prominence; to support; to favor; to rouse (spirits); to march (a prisoner) off
without; but if; otherwise; or else
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first
to be present (esp. during a birth); to be witness to
several times; a few times
negative (result); gloomy; negative (e.g. attitude); pessimistic
to spread (out); to extend; to stretch; to reach to; to get around; to fill (e.g. a space)