to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
abundant; plentiful; rich; wealthy; open (mind); relaxed
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
listen!; you see; mind you; remember
in that way; thus; so; so?
image of a bride dressed in her wedding gown (wedding kimono, etc.)
(sound of) laughter; laughing voice
barrier; checkpoint; checking station
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
song; singing; classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka); modern poetry
autumn breeze; fall breeze
to blow (of the wind); to blow (one's breath); to breathe out; to play (a wind instrument); to blow (a whistle, trumpet, etc.); to emit (smoke, fire, etc.); to spout
barrier; gate; seki (in go); mutual life
to invade; to attack; to breach; to penetrate
to defend against; to protect against; to prevent; to avert; to avoid
to ask; to inquire; to blame (someone) for; to accuse of; to care about; to regard as important
ironically enough; as irony would have it; in a nice little twist
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
always; all the time; never; usual; regular
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
to warp; to curve; to arch; to bend backward (body or body part, e.g. fingers)
needless fear; groundless apprehension; unfounded worry
if it is the case that ...
daruma; tumbling doll; Bodhidharma; prostitute
shopkeeper; storekeeper; proprietor of a shop
please; somehow or other; one way or another
crane (any bird of the family Gruidae, esp. the red-crowned crane, Grus japonensis)
moustache; beard; whiskers (on a cat, etc.); feelers (on an insect, etc.); shadow (on a candlestick chart)
tortoise; turtle; heavy drinker; turtle crest; turtle mon
beard (esp. on the chin); goatee
pine tree (Pinus spp.); highest (of a three-tier ranking system)
sidelocks; hair at the temples
Japanese apricot (Prunus mume); Japanese plum; ume; lowest (of a three-tier ranking system)
below; down; bottom; beneath; underneath; just after; right after
bamboo (any grass of subfamily Bambusoideae); middle (of a three-tier ranking system)
pine, bamboo and plum (an auspicious grouping); high, middle and low (ranking); top, middle and bottom; upper, medium, lower
crane and tortoise (symbol of longevity, artistic motif)
to buy; to purchase; to value; to have a high opinion; to stir; to provoke
that; that thing; that person; then; that time; that place (over there); down there (i.e. one's genitals)
river; stream; River; the ... river