shamisen; samisen; three-stringed Japanese lute
cooking, esp. frying or stir-frying; heating; tempering; -ware
mountain; hill; mine (e.g. coal mine); heap; pile; crown (of a hat); thread (of a screw)
creeping plant; creeper; vine; liana; liane
to return; to come home; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate
enjoyment; pleasure; diversion; anticipation; looking forward to
injury; wound; mistake; accident; loss
father (esp. used in samurai families prior to the Meiji period)
again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and
to shout (in anger); to yell
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
aah!; ooh!; oh no!; oh boy!
to say; to tell; to state; to do
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
in; on; at (place); as for; regarding
friend; ally; supporter; taking sides with; supporting; standing by
to order; to command; to appoint
mouth; opening; hole; mouth (of a bottle); spout; gate; door
to harden; to freeze; to put together; to collect; to make secure; to stabilize; to fortify
to become quiet; to quiet down; to quieten down; to calm down; to die down; to subside
to be flustered; to lose one's presence of mind
that way; that direction; there; that (one); you; your family
to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
wife; (arch.) my dear; (arch.) dear; garnish (esp. one served with sashimi); embellishment
because ...; for ...; the reason being ...; as for ...; when it comes to ...; regarding ...
of all people; a person of ...'s standing
error; mistake; fault; sin; wrongdoing; offense
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
to differ (from); to vary; to not be in the usual condition; to not match the correct (answer, etc.); to be different from promised; isn't it?
precisely; exactly; plumb; damn; stupid; cursed
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
dangerous; in danger; facing imminent danger; precarious (situation); perilous (state, balance, etc.); in doubt
rebel; traitor; insurgent
head; hair (on one's head); mind; brains; leader; chief; top
to invite in; to show someone in
to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned
(for something) to have occurred; to have done (something); (for something) to happen on occasion
to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate
medium; average; moderation; middle school; China; volume two (of three); during (a certain time when one did or is doing something)
to stop; to stay (e.g. the night); to contain; to keep (in position, in place); to record (e.g. a fact); to retain