to move; to stir; to operate; to run; to make a move; to take action; to be touched
anyhow; at any rate; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case
to give up; to abandon (hope, plans); to resign oneself (to)
to wring (towel, rag); to squeeze; to squeeze (fruit to extract juice); to press; to rack (one's brains); to strain (one's voice); to extort
facing; opposite; across the street; other side
haberdashery; sundries store
to branch; to fork; to separate; to split; to disperse; to scatter
onigiri; rice ball (often triangular, sometimes with a filling and wrapped in nori)
oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!
eh?; what?; yes; that's correct; (arch.) strengthens a question, assertion, etc.; (arch.) hey
surface; face (i.e. the visible side of an object); front (of a building, etc.); obverse side (i.e. "head") of a coin; outside; exterior; appearance
secretary (government); director; chief
clan; partisans; participation (e.g. in a plot); one flavour; one charm; one ingredient (in traditional Chinese medicine)
to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)
secret; private; surreptitious
to face; to go towards; to head towards
common orient clam (Meretrix lusoria)
famous product; special product; speciality; specialty
how; in what way; how about; questionable
to arrive at; to reach; to sit on; to sit at (e.g. the table)
luggage; baggage; burden; payload (of a packet, cell, etc.)
pompadour-like hair style, popular for unmarried women in the Edo period; shimada coiffure
opportunity; chance; folding; fold; small food box (wooden or cardboard); folding in ... (two, three, etc.); counter for folded items
foot; paw; leg; gait; pace; bottom structural component (i.e. radical) of a kanji; means of transportation
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
river; stream; River; the ... river
preventing (someone) from leaving; confinement; keeping indoors; being stranded; grounding
to eat; to drink; to receive (e.g. a blow); to be on the receiving end (of something undesirable); to undergo (trouble)
maid; female servant; hostess (in a ryokan); waitress (in a traditional restaurant); (arch.) court lady
here I am; I'm home!; presently; right away; right now
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound
sound of footsteps; sense or sign that something is approaching
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
for (e.g. "she dances well for an eight-year old"); considering it's (something or someone)
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
horse; horse racing; promoted bishop
I'm sorry; (it's) inexcusable; thank you very much (for help, etc.)
waka; classic Japanese poem, esp. a tanka, often 31 morae
cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible
illness; disease; bad habit; weakness; fault
to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant