to aggravate; to complicate; to make worse
heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling); depressed; slow; sluggish; important (position, responsibility, etc.)
on a routine basis; regularly; habitually
to abate; to decrease; to diminish; to shorten
speech; words; one's lines; remarks
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
before one's eyes; in front of one; under one's nose; immediate; imminent; around the corner
point; tip; head (of a line); front; first; before; (the way) ahead
to stare fixedly at; to fix one's gaze on; to make sure of; to set one's eyes on (e.g. the future); to focus on
warrior (esp. of military retainers of daimyos in the Edo period); samurai; (arch.) man in attendance (on a person of high standing); (arch.) retainer
to run (a business); to operate; to carry out; to perform; to hold (a Buddhist or Shinto ceremony)
article for sale; goods for sale; offering; specialty; selling point
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
great burdock (Arctium lappa); gobo
which way; which direction; which one (esp. of two alternatives); who
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
retreat; retirement; depression (hole)
to talk or say too much; to go too far; to overstate; to exaggerate
(that's) no good, is it?; dislike (on social media, etc.); thumbs-down; downvote
to like; to be pleased with; to be delighted with; to take a liking to; to suit one's fancy
capital punishment given personally by a feudal lord after a disrespectful act
to send (a thing); to dispatch; to take or escort (a person somewhere); to see off (a person); to bid farewell (to the departed); to bury; to spend (time)
sword (esp. Japanese single-edged); katana; scalpel; chisel; burin; knife money (knife-shaped commodity money used in ancient China)
to descend; to go down; to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.); to pass (of time); to surrender; to capitulate; to be less than
hey there; I say; see here
your wife; his wife; secret meeting; secrecy
stomach; Chinese "stomach" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
famous; well-known; renowned; your name
to see (a doctor, etc.); to consult (someone)
Asian ginseng (Panax ginseng)
superior; excellent; brilliant; outstanding
puzzling; tangled; complicated; complex
no!; no no!; no, not at all
straight-laced person; stubborn person
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
interrogative sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
detached house; single house; single building; isolated house; house in isolated location
to borrow; to have a loan; to rent; to hire
to change one's place of residence; to migrate; to move
here and there; all around; everywhere; to get things in the wrong order (back to front); to become muddled up
to visit; to call on; to pay a visit to