to draw back; to sink; to be set back (e.g. from a road); to withdraw (e.g. from the public eye); to retire to (somewhere)
a little bit; a little while
playing; play (margin between on and off, gap before pressing button or lever has an effect)
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
first; firstly; first of all; Introduction; Preface
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
to bark; to howl; to howl (e.g. of the wind); to roar; to yell; to cry
face; mug; surface; cheek meat; (arch.) cheek; (arch.) cheeks
to scratch; to perspire; to shovel; to paddle
to be able (to); to be possible (to)
to be beyond one's capacities; to be beyond one's powers; to be beyond one's control; to be unmanageable
large amount of money; great cost
to put away; to stow away; to tuck away; to hoard
above; up; top; summit; surface; before; previous
going out (of a nobleman, etc.); visiting
highway (esp. one existing from the Edo period); main road; highway (e.g. to success); path (to becoming ...); subdistrict (in China)
north; the North; northern territories; North Korea; (arch.) north wind
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
room; chamber; apartment; flat; stable
back (esp. of a building, etc.); rear; behind
(main building of a) Shinto shrine
exactly the same; exactly as is; without any change
untouched; unused; intact
to sleep; to die; to rest (in peace); to lie idle (e.g. of resources); to lie unused; (arch.) to close one's eyes
small build; small stature; petite; small pattern
to stick into; to pierce; to run into
everyone; anyone; no one; nobody
to become thin; to lose weight; to reduce (one's) weight; to be barren; to be infertile; to be sterile
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
straight (from one place to another); going right onto; on the way; simultaneously; incidentally; directly
will not do; do not; does not
round coin with a (square) hole in the center; coin made of non-precious materials; money
to leave alone; to leave as is; to ignore; to neglect
wanted; wished for; in need of; I want (you) to
stubbornness; obstinacy; disposition; nature; appetite; desire
bird; bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry
cry (esp. animal); roar; chirp; tweet; bark; whine
(Meiji era) official responsible for court ceremonies
one sheet; one page; one block of tofu; one serving (in a restaurant); one long and narrow thing (e.g. guns, scissors, spades, hoes, inksticks, palanquins, candles, jinrikishas, shamisen, oars, etc.); one chō (unit of distance, 109.09 m); one game
meek; quiet; docile; mysterious; marvelous; marvellous
nisei; second-generation Japanese (or Korean, etc.); the second (e.g. Edward II); son
strange; unfamiliar; unknown; unfamiliarity; strangeness; stranger