day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date
rain; rainy day; rainy weather; the November suit (in hanafuda)
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
amount necessary to fill a container (e.g. cupful, spoonful, etc.); drink (usu. alcoholic); full; one squid, octopus, crab, etc.; one boat; fully; to capacity
field; plain; prairie; moor
song; singing; classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka); modern poetry
youth; springtime of life; adolescent
all present; all concerned; all of us
to return (something); to restore; to turn over; to turn upside down; to pay back; to retaliate; to respond (with)
to be attached; to be connected with; to remain imprinted; to scar; to bear (fruit, interest, etc.); to be acquired (of a habit, ability, etc.); to increase (of strength, etc.)
recovery; undoing; recall
duty; responsibility (incl. supervision of staff); liability; onus
to attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry
fame; reputation; popularity; rumour (rumor); talk
to hand over; to transfer; to give up (e.g. one's seat); to give way; to yield; to concede
Japanese wobbegong (Orectolobus japonicus, species of carpet shark); Japanese carpet shark; fringe shark
in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; take care (so as); hoping or wishing for something
to pass (by) each other; to brush past; to miss (meeting) each other; to fail to meet; to be at odds; to clash
before one knows; before one becomes aware of; unnoticed; unawares
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
whether or not (in phrases like "I don't know whether or not I can come")
(approximate) time; around; suitable time (or condition); time of year; season
(short) curtain hung at shop entrance; split curtain used to divide spaces in a house; reputation (of a store); good name; goodwill
cast-off skin (snake, insect, etc.); husk; empty shell; exuvia; exuviae
place where one works; construction site; working area
most; highest; maximum; best; wonderful; finest
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
mother-in-law; foster mother; step mother
to need; to call for; to require
perhaps; probably; generous; many; much
wife (esp. one's own wife); court lady; female court attache; (arch.) woman (esp. as a love interest)
true feelings; real intention; one's heart; one's right mind; one's senses; one's conscience
(something) one does not really mean; insincere
to clasp; to grasp; to hold (the answer); to have (e.g. the solution); to seize (power); to hold (the reins)
kitchen knife; carving knife; (arch.) cooking; (arch.) food
door (esp. Japanese-style); shutter; window shutter; (arch.) entrance (to a home); (arch.) narrows
by myself; in person; by oneself
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do