watercolor painting; watercolour painting; mizu-e; early type of ukiyo-e with faintly printed outlines
half and half; fifty-fifty
suffix for familiar person
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
to buy; to purchase; to value; to have a high opinion; to stir; to provoke
victim; injured party; sufferer
generally; mainly; nearly all; almost all; gist; summary; staying within bounds
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
tree sparrow (Passer montanus); talkative person; knowledgeable person
to suit; to match; to become; to be like
April; fourth month in the lunar calendar
was it?; I think it was ...; if I've got it right; (I, we) used to ...; I remember ...; it was ...
third day of the month; three days
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
present; gift; to give a present or gift
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
August; eighth month of the lunar calendar
tenth day of the month; ten days
to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
enough; sufficient; sufficiently; fully; division into ten
now; soon; already; yet; further; more
to row; to scull; to pedal (e.g. bicycle); to swing (on a swing); to operate a hand pump; to push through (deep snow, the jungle, etc.)
here I am; I'm home!; presently; right away; right now
eggs; egg; (hen's) egg; (an expert) in the making; beginning; origin
cat (esp. the domestic cat, Felis catus); shamisen; geisha; wheelbarrow; clay bed-warmer; bottom; submissive partner of a homosexual relationship
cry (esp. animal); roar; chirp; tweet; bark; whine
next (to); adjoining; adjacent; house next door; neighbouring house; next-door neighbour
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
to keep (a pet or other animal); to have; to own; to raise; to rear; to feed
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
absence; being away from home; house-sitting; house-sitter; being left unattended to (of one's studies, etc.); neglecting
space (between); gap; period of time (during, while); duration; between (two parties or things); among (a group); relations (between)