to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
on good terms with; on cordial terms with; getting along well with; to make friends with; to be good friends with; to get along with
question (e.g. on a test); problem; problem (e.g. societal, political); question; question (i.e. doubt); public discussion
to raise; to raise up; to wake; to wake up; to cause; to bring about; to start
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
releasing on parole; conditional release
road; path; route; way; distance; journey; road (e.g. to victory)
to open (a door, etc.); to unwrap (e.g. parcel, package); to open (for business, etc.); to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out
in that way; thus; so; so?
penal labour; work assigned to prisoners
in; at; on; as for; regarding; with regards to
concerning; regarding; per (e.g. 100 yen per person); for every
explanation; exposition; description; account; caption; legend
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me
one day; all day (long); throughout the day; first day of the month
morning; breakfast; (arch.) next morning
half; semi-; half-past; odd number; (arch.) unit of land area (595.8 m^2)
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
going to bed; retiring (for the night)
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
interval; period of time; among; between; good opportunity; chance
leisure; leisure time; spare time
to pass (time); to spend; to overdo (esp. of one's alcohol consumption); to drink (alcohol); (arch.) to take care of; (arch.) to support
to be able (to); to be possible (to)
like this; this sort; this way
work; operation; manufacturing; fatigue duty
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
running one's own business; doing business on one's own; self-employment
to branch; to fork; to separate; to split; to disperse; to scatter
chopstick envelope; chopstick wrapper; paper envelope in which chopsticks are presented
garbage can; rubbish bin; trash can; dustbin
red; crimson; red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange); Red (i.e. communist); red light (traffic); red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading); (in) the red
white; innocence; innocent person; blank space; white go stone; white dragon tile; skewered grilled pig intestine