activity (esp. energetic); great efforts; conspicuous service; to flourish; to participate actively; to play an active role
one's dearest wish; Buddha's vow to save humanity
your home; your family; their home; (my) home
ruin; fall; collapse; downfall; bankruptcy
to lose; to miss (a change, opportunity); to lose (a loved one); to be bereaved of; to concede (goals, points, etc.)
territory; dominion; grounds (e.g. school)
charge; cost; generation; age; era; a representative of; on behalf of
to ask; to inquire; to blame (someone) for; to accuse of; to care about; to regard as important
water (esp. cool, fresh water, e.g. drinking water); fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid; flood; floodwaters; water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout
to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to
direct; immediate; personal; firsthand
Metropolis (of Tokyo); (Tokyo) Metropolitan District; counter for cities and towns; capital
Hokuriku region of Honshu (incl. Niigata, Toyama, Ishikawa and Fukui prefectures)
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
Man'yōshū (8th century anthology of Japanese poetry); (arch.) thousands of leaves; (arch.) thousands of years; (arch.) all ages
Shiga prefecture (Kinki area)
side (esp. of a waterbody); edge; bank; shore
promise; agreement; convention; rule; destiny; fate
instead of; in place of; as a substitute for; in exchange for; in return for; to make up for
marriage proposal; marriage talks
to take out; to get out; to put out; to reveal; to submit (e.g. thesis); to turn in; to publish
to marry (of a woman); to become a bride; to marry into (a family); (arch.) to have sexual intercourse
to catch; to stop the blow; to react to; to take (advice, etc.); to accept
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
at that time; at that moment; then; on that occasion
finally; at last; in the end; after all; never (happened)
to separate; to part; to divide; to keep apart
there is no way that ...; easy; simple
natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary
to refuse; to reject; to inform; to give notice; to ask leave; to excuse oneself (from)
to step aside; to move (i.e. out of the way); to make way
to do something in readiness for; to get something (needful) done
wife; (arch.) my dear; (arch.) dear; garnish (esp. one served with sashimi); embellishment
wanted; wished for; in need of; I want (you) to
mouth; opening; hole; mouth (of a bottle); spout; gate; door
certain; one; (arch.) I; (arch.) me