alone; by oneself; on one's own
corridor; hallway; passageway
sudden; abrupt; urgent; pressing; steep; sharp; rapid
to fish; to angle; to catch; to lure in; to tempt; to attract
baked sweet goods (e.g. Danish pastry, melon bread); sweet pastry; sweet bread
to receive; to take; to get somebody to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
to become less crowded; to thin out; to get empty; to be hungry
to be surprised; to be amazed; to be frightened; surprise (e.g. surprise party)
incredible; unbelievable; terrific; impressive
to memorize; to memorise; to learn; to pick up; to feel; to think
bread; (sweet) pastry; staff of life; one's bread
to raise; to elevate; to do up (one's hair); to fly (a kite, etc.); to launch (fireworks, etc.); to land (a boat); to deep-fry
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
to give (time, money, goods); to donate; to do; to perform; to apply (processing, makeup, etc.); to add (e.g. ornamentation, annotation)
habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
(as for (that)) thing; (given (that)) thing; matter; (it is a ...) thing; matter; fact
to begin to say; to start talking; to broach (a matter); to be the first to say; to suggest (doing); to propose
pure; true; genuine; unmixed
together (with); at the same time; in a lump
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
antiquity; the previous era
nobleman; dignitary; feudal lord (of the Edo period); daimyō; man brought up away from the world; arrogant man with little knowledge of the ways of the world
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
ancestor; forefather; foremother
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
towards; against; regarding; in contrast with
to thrust (something) into (something); to cram; to plunge into; to charge into; to delve into (a matter); to go into depth; to press (someone) about
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
ignoring; looking the other way; passing through; going through; ball hit through net (in tennis)
air; atmosphere; mood; situation; someone with no presence; someone who doesn't stand out at all
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on
time; hour; period; class
to come alive; to get going; to start to move
relief; reassurance; recognition of right to land ownership (by the shogunate, a feudal lord, etc.); (arch.) living safely surrounded by walls
beginning of the game; kickoff; face-off
after (practically) no time; immediately after; just; having no time to
interval; period of time; among; between; good opportunity; chance
both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold
loveable; very likeable; like very much