thank you for your hard work; I appreciate your efforts
to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last
shrine; palace; imperial residence; Imperial prince; Imperial princess; headboard with built-in shelves, drawers, etc.
painful; sore; cringy; embarrassing; exceeding
huff!; yo-heave-ho!; heigh-ho; to butter up; to suck up to
great difference; major mistake
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
to like; to love; to be fond of
time; hour; period; class
secret; secrecy; mystery; secret (e.g. to success); esoteric teachings
guidance; leading (the way); information; notice; announcement (of one's arrival); invitation
to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach
place; location; room; space; basho; wrestling tournament
confluence (of rivers); merge (of traffic); conflux; union (e.g. of forces); linking up; merging
to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
answering machine; answer phone
medium; average; moderation; middle school; China; volume two (of three); during (a certain time when one did or is doing something)
to summon; to call (e.g. phone); to convene; to invoke (e.g. subroutine); to call; to open (e.g. a file)
take care of yourself; get well soon; God bless you; bless you
physical condition; state of health
to support; to prop; to sustain; to hold at bay; to stem; to check
to rely on; to depend on; to count on; to turn to (for help)
past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
rather; better; instead; if anything
(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very
justice; right; righteousness; correct meaning; correct explanation
to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned
above anything else; above all; more than anything; best; greatest; excellent
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
to be helpful; to be useful
to protect; to guard; to defend; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe
to be decided; to be settled; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.)
to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to patch (clothes); to mend; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with
family business; family trade; one's occupation; one's trade
embankment; bank; beef sinew stewed in miso and mirin
to change; to be transformed; to move to; to be different; to be uncommon
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
serious; honest; sober; grave; earnest; steady
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
to attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry