distinction; difference; separate; different; exception; exclusion
introduction; presentation; referral; listing
after all; in the end; anyway; (cannot) possibly; (not) at all; (not) by any means
within expectations; as expected; within the scope of hypothesis or assumption
two persons; two people; pair; couple
again; once more; a second time
to adhere to; to stick to; to keep close to; to go along with; to get involved with; to be thick with
greeting; a fine thing to say
expressly; especially; taking the trouble (to do); intentionally; deliberately
child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young (animal); young woman; offshoot
My goodness (expresses surprise, wonder, etc.); very; extremely
tortoise; turtle; heavy drinker; turtle crest; turtle mon
mama; mamma; mom; female proprietress (of a bar, etc.)
song; singing; classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka); modern poetry
to sing; to sing (one's praises in a poem, etc.); to compose a poem; to recite a poem
to cry; to weep; to sob; to howl
body; oneself; one's place; one's position; main part; meat (as opposed to bone, skin, etc.)
miserable; wretched; unhappy; sad; pitiable
as (much) as possible; as (much) as one can; wherever practicable; if possible
to dance (orig. a hopping dance)
ship; boat; tank; tub; counter for boat-shaped containers (e.g. of sashimi)
to transcribe; to duplicate; to describe; to film; to picture
muddiness; murkiness; impurity; Japanese voiced consonant mark; unrefined sake
that way; that direction; that (one); that person; there; over there
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
wall; partition; barrier; obstacle; Chinese "Wall" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
hole; opening; pit; hollow; burrow; den; deficit
doing; in such a state; doing together; doing to each other; familiarizing suffix (sometimes meaning "small")
seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of
precisely; exactly; plumb; damn; stupid; cursed
damn; damn it; feces; excrement; damn; damned; very
sauce (esp. soy or mirin-based dipping sauce); hanging; something hanging (flap, lappet, etc.); (kendo) loin guard; kanji radical enclosing the top-left corner of a character; -ass
to throw; to hurl; to give up; to abandon; to cast (a glance, shadow, doubt, etc.)
probably isn't (doesn't, won't, etc.); don't (doesn't) intend to; intend not to; must not; (when used in an imperative sentence) don't
method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
bath; bathing; bathhouse; public bath; room for drying lacquerware; base (wooden joint connecting the blade of a hoe, spade, etc., to the handle)
nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not