pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
to get close; to cuddle close together; to nestle close to; to snuggle up to
important; significant; precious; valuable; careful
thinking; thought; idea; notion; intention; plan
to change; to be transformed; to move to; to be different; to be uncommon
on and after; as from; hereafter; thereafter; since
middle period; medium-term
medicine; pharmaceuticals; efficacious chemical (gunpowder, pesticide, etc.); (pottery) glaze; (illegal) drug; narcotic
to use (a thing, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend
labour pains; labor pains; birth pains; contractions
inducing; causing; triggering; giving rise to
artificial; man-made; human work; human skill; artificiality
body; torso; trunk; build; physique; health
burden; load; responsibility; bearing (a cost, responsibility, etc.); shouldering
mind; heart; spirit; the meaning of a phrase (riddle, etc.)
door; gate; opening; title page
to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen
box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest
to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold
confections; sweets; candy; cake
if; in case; as for; on the topic of; if that's the case; if so
one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of
receiving; reception; eating; drinking; please; please do for me
large; big; older; senior; final; ultimate
cormorant (Phalacrocoracidae spp.)
such ... as; or some such
ring; circle; hoop; wheel; circle (e.g. of friends)
island; one's territory (e.g. of a sex worker, organized crime gang); one's turf
coating (esp. lacquering)
hmm; well ...; humph; roughly; harshly; violently
as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that...; trying to...
girl; daughter; baby girl; young woman
to marry (of a woman); to become a bride; to marry into (a family)
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
to hand over; to surrender
boy; son; baby boy; young man
war; fighting; fierce competition
to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last