humanity; empathy; kindness; human nature; common sense; customs and manners
wisdom; jnana (higher knowledge)
pluralizing suffix; or so; rough indicator of direction, location, amount, etc.; nominalizing suffix
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
to nod; to bow one's head in assent; to agree
bag; sack; skin of an orange (and other like fruits); dead end; plot of land surrounded by water
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to provide; to afford; to assign; to cause
down-train; train heading toward the ending point of its route; down-slope; downward going; downbound (esp. away from Tokyo); downstream
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
to be needed; to be necessary; to be required; to be wanted; to need; to want
to be in time (for); to serve (suit, meet) the purpose; to be good enough; to be enough
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
(a person's) appearance from behind; person as seen from behind; back view; retreating figure
to see (someone) off; to escort; to watch (someone or something) go out of sight; to follow with one's eyes; to let (a bus, pitch, etc.) go by; to let pass; to postpone
heel (of foot, shoe, stocking, etc.)
father and child; father and son; father and daughter
babysitting; babysitter; protecting; keeping; keeper
emperor (of Japan); mikado; (the gates of an) imperial residence
beginning; commencement; first (one comes to); approaching; affability; approachability
existing (at the present moment); alright; acceptable; to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to have
daimyo's main Edo mansion
daimyo's spare residence or emergency refuge; residence of a daimyo's successor
to separate (by distance, time, etc.); to isolate; to interpose; to have between; to alienate; to estrange
relativity; relative; facing (e.g. a problem); confronting
to part (usu. of people); to part from; to separate (of a couple); to break up; to lose (e.g. one's mother); to be bereaved
5th day of the month; five days
to arrive at; to reach; to sit on; to sit at (e.g. the table)
house; home; one's house; one's home; one's husband
to visit; to call on; to arrive (of a season, situation, etc.); to come; to appear
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
narrow; cramped; tight; fussy; narrow-minded
gate; branch of learning based on the teachings of a single master; school; phylum; division; counter for cannons
to line up; to set up; to enumerate; to itemize; to be equal (to); to compare well (with)
fence; hedge; railing; barrier; wall
to touch; to come in contact with; to receive (e.g. visitor); to attend to; to receive (news); to get; to encounter
eaves; narrow aisle surrounding the core of a temple building
wave; billow; ups and downs; (something) advancing step by step; (something) surging forward inopposably; tendency
entrance; front door; entryway; entranceway; entry hall; vestibule