appetizer or snack served with drinks; performance to liven up a bar; conversation to liven up a party
town; block; downtown; main street; street; road
to go by; to go past; to run (between; of a rail service, bus route, etc.); to operate (between); to go indoors; to go into a room; to penetrate
wisdom; jnana (higher knowledge)
skilfulness; skillfulness; cleverness
to exert oneself; to devote oneself to
association; socializing; socialising; fellowship
good-natured person; nice person
difficulty; hardship; trouble; infeasibility; inability (to carry out)
counter for buildings (esp. houses); suffix for a pen name, stage name, etc.
in order; sequential; seriatim
looking for a particular person or thing; searching high and low; hunting for; picking out; singling out
gate; branch of learning based on the teachings of a single master; division; phylum; counter for cannons
light; lamp; counter for electric lights
extra; more; unnecessary; needless; all the more; even more
among these; between these; of these; in here; in this
Pacific island flatsedge (Cyperus cyperoides)
light; well-lit; bright (of a colour); brightly-coloured; cheerful; bright; encouraging (for the future of a project, etc.)
to creep; to steal up; to draw near unnoticed
stop (bus, streetcar, etc.)
to come near; to approach; to be on the verge of; to be about to; to overhang; to hang over
consent; assent; understanding; agreement; comprehension; grasp
mound; heap; hillock; burial mound; tomb; tumulus
diving; diver; unlicensed (doctor, driver, etc.); unregistered; outsider; stranger
front; frontage; facade; main
the front; honesty; uprightness; decency; normality
in comparison with; when compared with; according to; in light of; in view of
being overheard; being leaked (e.g. secrets); going in one ear and out the other
go that far; to that extent
rubbing one's hands together
to step forward; to volunteer
field of early-blooming (or ripening) rice
about to start out; just about to leave or go out; outing; trip
to garnish; to accompany (as a card does a gift); to add to as support; to prop up; to accompany (as an aid, guide, translator, etc.); (arch.) to mimic
to close (e.g. book, eyes, meeting, etc.); to shut
hit; success; guess; prediction; affability; friendliness; sensation
(for) one's own use; personal use; private use
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
the whole body; the five styles of writing Chinese characters; the five parts of the body (head, two hands and two feet; or head, neck, chest, hands and feet)
to meet (someone of higher status); (arch.) to be recognized (esp. by someone of higher status); (arch.) to be visible; (arch.) to be seen
person with whom to speak; someone to talk to; companion; advisor; adviser
to get close; to cuddle close together; to nestle close to; to snuggle up to
children's hairstyle of short untied hair; child with short untied hair; young girl working as a servant for a high-class prostitute (Edo period); (arch.) baldness; (arch.) bald head