washing; laundry; relaxing; taking a break
cleaning; sweeping; dusting; scrubbing
bath; bathing; bathhouse; public bath; room for drying lacquerware; base (wooden joint connecting the blade of a hoe, spade, etc., to the handle)
defense; defence; guard; policing; security
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
five; five years of age; eight o'clock (old time system)
being on duty; person on duty
system; organization; organisation; imperial command; laws; regulation
collapse; crumbling; breaking down; (radioactive) decay; disintegration
to pass (of time); to elapse
how; in what way; how about
something or other; one thing or another; this or that
human being; human; person; character (of a person)
painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
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.)
you; presence (of a god, nobleman, etc.)
everything; all; the whole; entirely; completely; wholly
dot; spot; mark (in an exam, etc.); grade; point (in a game); score; point (in geometry)
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest
tune; tone; vein; mood; condition; state of health
to get on (train, plane, bus, ship, etc.); to get in; to get on (e.g. a footstool); to step on; to reach; to go over; to follow
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
thank you; thanks; much (thanks); very (sorry); quite; really; somehow
rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
tag (children's game); tig
to play (games, sports); to enjoy oneself; to mess about (with alcohol, gambling, philandery, etc.); to be idle; to do nothing; to meet up (with friends); to hang out
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
continuously in some state (for a long time, distance); throughout; much (better, etc.); by far; far away; long ago
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
eh?; what?; yes; that's correct; (arch.) strengthens a question, assertion, etc.; (arch.) hey
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
to make a mistake (in); to commit an error (e.g. in calculation); to confuse; to mistake something for something else
order (for an item); request; demand; condition
large quantity; massive (quantity); mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction)
natto (fermented soybeans)
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...