to strike against; to collide with; to encounter; to meet; to clash
to slip out; to sneak away; to break into the lead; to get ahead; to begin to fall out (e.g. hair); to break out (of a loop)
to attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry
than; from; out of; except; but; more
ordinary; common; free of charge; unaffected; as is; only
road; path; route; way; distance; journey; road (e.g. to victory)
Japanese apricot (Prunus mume); Japanese plum; ume; lowest (of a three-tier ranking system)
as ... as one can; as ... as possible; as much as possible
to harm; to hurt; to injure; to fail to ...; to miss one's opportunity to ...
mourning; abstinence; taboo; religious purification; pure; holy
inner part; inside; interior; depths (e.g. of a forest); back (of a house, drawer, etc.); bottom (e.g. of one's heart)
to smoke; to smoulder; to be sooty; to be smoke-stained; to smoulder (e.g. a dispute); to smolder
glowing ember (either red hot charcoal or the glowing remains of burnt firewood); live charcoal
my; one's own; I ...; one ...
right; correct; proper; righteous; just
dying; death; dead; useless; damned
mess; sorry state; -ways; -wards; in the act of ...; just as one is ...
to project; to reflect; to cast (shadow)
mirror; looking-glass; barrel head; page added at the beginning of a document mentioning its purpose, date, author, etc.; mirror-shaped mochi
oneself (itself, etc.); I; me; you; by oneself (itself, etc.); interjection expressing anger or chagrin
to have (e.g. lunch); to take (e.g. vitamins)
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
to help; to assist; to aid; to contribute to; to be a factor in
(one) letter; (one) character
apiece; each; at a time; piecemeal
to cut up; to cut and discard; to eliminate systematically (in fault-finding); to isolate
to make round; to roll up; to seduce; to cajole; to round off (a fraction); (arch.) to lump together
pot; jar; dice cup; depression; basin (e.g. of a waterfall); aim; what one wants
to put in; to let in; to admit; to accept; to accept; to comply; to include
taro (Colocasia esculenta); dasheen; eddo
so; like this; in this way
to grow up; to become an adult; to become big; to grow in size
to harvest; to reap; to take in; to gather in; to adopt (e.g. idea); to accept (e.g. advice)
to boil; to simmer; to stew; to seethe
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
skillful; skilful; delicious; appetizing; fortunate; splendid
distant future; inevitable future; places one goes to
to give one's name (as); to introduce oneself (as); to claim to be; to call oneself; to reveal oneself (as); to admit to being
to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do
to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign
good luck; fortune; happiness; harvest; yield
character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")