I; me; personal (affairs, etc.); private; selfishness; partiality
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
I am sorry (to hear, to say, etc.); a pity
wife; your wife; his wife; married lady; madam
discomfort; inconvenience; poverty; want; inability; disability
(way of) life; living; livelihood; life circumstances
state; condition; the way things should be; ideal state; truth
goldfish (Carassius auratus)
to have a feeling (that); to have a sensation (that)
to divide; to cut; to halve; to break; to crack; to dilute; to fall below
(picture) frame; framed picture; amount (esp. of money); sum
edge; brink; verge; time; moment of
hedgehog (any mammal of family Erinaceidae)
fish floss; finely shredded and seasoned fish
chignon (in a Japanese hair-style)
tortoiseshell (of the hawksbill turtle); bekko; tortoiseshell (esp. of the Chinese soft-shelled turtle)
salt; common salt; hardship; toil; saltiness; cold
tide; current; sea water; opportunity; chance
kingfisher (esp. the common kingfisher, Alcedo atthis); jade (gem); beautiful lustrous colour similar to that of the kingfisher's feathers
aizuchi; back-channeling; interjections indicating that one is paying attention; two smiths hammering at an object in turn
another (person); the other person; one more (person)
sweat; perspiration; moisture; condensation; gulp; oops
thick makeup; heavy makeup
fine wrinkles; crow's feet
to be stormy; to be rough; to be rough (of skin); to be chapped; to be ruined; to fall into ruin
texture; grain; one's skin (lacking makeup, etc.); natural skin; surface of the earth; bare ground
by nature; by birth; naturally; natural; innate
hairstyle introduced in the Meiji era consisting in a bun or chignon tied at the back of the head
vast (ocean, desert, etc.); boundless; vague (e.g. memories); unclear; rampant (weeds, etc.); running wild
to be wavy; to be curled; to be frizzled
long and narrow; lanky; gangling; spindly
ascent; climbing; up-train; train heading toward the starting point of its route; upbound (esp. toward Tokyo); upstream
two reams (of paper); 1000 sheets (of paper); stanza; verse; tribe (in taxonomy); forecast (bet); bet which predicts the top 2 finishers (i.e. quinella or perfecta bet)
to surround; to encircle; to enclose
number (in a series); (one's) turn; watch; guard; rank; standing; bout