few; a little; scarce; insufficient; seldom
image (in one's mind); impression; (computer) image; depiction (e.g. of a product); rendition
reality; actuality; practice (as opposed to theory); truly; really; bhutakoti (limit of reality)
near oneself; close to one; familiar
to feel; to sense; to experience
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
to think (about, of); to think over; to consider; to bear in mind; to think (that); to believe; to intend (to do)
somehow or other; for some reason or another; without knowing why
happy; glad; pleased; joyful; delightful; gratifying
door (esp. Japanese-style); shutter; window shutter; (arch.) entrance (to a home); (arch.) narrows
to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
to be shut; to close; to be locked; to tighten; to be tightened; to become sober
to torment by slow degrees; to torture slowly; to drag things out; to reproach in a roundabout way; (lit.) to strangle with floss silk
meaning; significance; sense
small; fine; minute; minor; trivial; sensitive
soft; tender; gentle; mild; informal; light
to break; to snap; to be injured; to wear out; to be worn out; to break; to burst
difficult to ...; hard to ...
roundabout (e.g. expression); indirect (reference, criticism, etc.); oblique
slowly (but steadily); gradually; bit-by-bit; slowly soaking in; slowly permeating; oozing out
to torment; to punish; to treat harshly; to beat up; to give a drubbing; to cause damage to
to have meaning; to be meaningful
I see; that's right; indeed
some (at the start of a number in place of a digit)
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
simple; easy; uncomplicated; brief; quick; light
incredible; unbelievable; terrific; impressive
official; formal; formula (e.g. mathematical); official (social media) account (of a company, organization, etc.)
even; (if) only; just; besides; on top of that
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
bamboo (any grass of subfamily Bambusoideae); middle (of a three-tier ranking system)
taking; taker; last performer of the day (usu. the star performer); last performance of the day; active partner (e.g. in judo demonstration); emphatic or formal prefix
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
one more time; once more; once again
cheese; tee (piping); T-joint; cheese (said when taking a photograph)
Izu (former province located on the Izu Peninsula in present-day Shizuoka Prefecture, and the Izu Islands)
temple elementary school (during the Edo period)
state; condition; situation; appearance; circumstances