seed (e.g. of a plant); pip; material (e.g. for an article); matter (e.g. of a story); ingredient; leaven (bread); cause
inviting another to one's home, office, etc.; (lit.) the trouble of coming (going)
labor; labour; toil; trouble; pains; work
to be loath to; to balk at (doing); to grudge (doing); to take (good) care of
morning and evening; from morning until night; constantly
blunder; miss; slip; oversight
monitoring; watching; observation; surveillance; guarding; supervision
one's post; one's position; one's station; one's round; one's beat; one's route
flesh; meat; flesh (of a fruit); pulp; the physical body (as opposed to the spirit); flesh; thickness
burr (e.g. chestnut); bur; cupule; case
one (esp. of two); the other; on the one hand; on the other hand; whereas; although
hardening; fortifying; pledge; vow; defense; defence
to take (be in) charge of
frontage; width (of a building, plot of land, etc.); breadth (e.g. of one's knowledge); scope (e.g. of one's work); range
state of affairs (around you); situation; circumstances
to eat; to drink; to smoke; to suffer (e.g. defeat); to receive a blow
being too late; losing one's final chance
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
last (on the list); (at the) bottom; (in) last position; tailender
casual; unconcerned; nonchalant
embankment; bank; beef sinew stewed in miso and mirin
rope; cord; policeman's rope
middle; halfway; half (of); one half; half (e.g. done, jokingly); partly
back; rear; background; behind the scenes
mountainous region; mountainous district; hilly district
big timber; big caliber (man) (calibre)
to finish up; to complete; to finish off; to get through; to polish off
turret; watchtower; high wooden stage; scaffolding; wooden frame (of a kotatsu); yagura
caves dug as tombs in and around Kamakura during the Kamakura and Muromachi periods
moat; fosse; trench; ditch
moat; fosse; canal; ditch
interior; inside; internal
fittings that open and close (doors, windows, shoji, fusuma, etc.); fixtures
mostly; almost; nearly; roughly; approximately; about
now (while the time is ripe); while one still can
battle formation; lineup (e.g. for a game)
sluggish; languid; listless; bothersome; tiresome; pain-in-the-ass
impediment; burden; encumbrance; hindrance; drag
living together; mixed residence; sharing living quarters; multi-tenant; community
front; frontage; facade; main