how can (one) do something
measured amount (esp. of medicine); dosing; manner of seasoning; making adjustments based on experience; doing something by feel
to be frank; to drop all pretense
(on) one's own; (by) oneself
way of saying (something); way of putting it; wording; phrasing; language; expression
in comparison to; rather than
living by oneself; living alone
indicates means of action; cause of effect; by
to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.
to take off (clothes, shoes, etc.); to undress
glass (drinking vessel); tumbler; cups (playing card suit)
to wash; to cleanse; to inquire into; to investigate; to purify (one's heart); to lave (e.g. shore)
bad (taste); unpalatable; poor; unskillful; ugly; unattractive
bath; bathing; bathhouse; public bath; room for drying lacquerware; base (wooden joint connecting the blade of a hoe, spade, etc., to the handle)
establishment; creation; posing (a problem); options setting; preference settings; configuration
half body bathing; hip bath
great difference; big difference; wide margin
to be forward; to be impertinent
colour; color; complexion; skin colour; look (on one's face); expression; appearance
roughly; approximately; (cutting) in one stroke; (breaking apart) with vigour; (cutting) deeply; (splitting) wide open
instead; but (on the other hand)
insecticide; insect repellent
undesirable lover (boyfriend, girlfriend); passion; temper; irritability
to make a mistake (in); to commit an error (e.g. in calculation); to confuse; to mistake something for something else
ring finger; third finger; fourth finger (in piano-playing); fourth toe
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
green; greenery (esp. fresh verdure)
hill; height; knoll; bonus points awarded to the winner at the end of a game
single word; a few words; brief comment
sentence; composition; text; the literary arts (as opposed to the military arts); academia; statement
tide; current; sea water; opportunity; chance; thin soup of fish or shellfish boiled in seawater
perhaps; maybe; perchance; by some chance; by any chance
condominium (usu. mid or high-rise); apartment building; apartment house; block of flats; apartment; flat
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell