method; process; manner; way; means; technique
to be in time (for); to serve (suit, meet) the purpose; to be good enough; to be enough
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
(what) the heck; (why) in the world; one object; one body; one form; one style
now; soon; already; yet; further; more
anyhow; at any rate; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case
door (esp. Japanese-style); shutter; window shutter; (arch.) entrance (to a home); (arch.) narrows
to strike; to clap; to play drums; to abuse; to bash; to consult; to sound out
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
reflective water surface; reflecting water
to be tied together; to be connected to; to lead to; to be related to; to be related (by blood)
if; in case; as for; on the topic of; if that's the case; if so
to let fly; to make fly; to skip over; to leave out; to run fast; to drive fast; to spray
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
shh!; sh!; shush!; shoo!; go away!
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
honorific/polite/humble prefix
truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic
to miss; to overlook; to let pass (a matter); to overlook (e.g. a wrongdoing); to pass up (e.g. an opportunity); to let (a good ball) go by
to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
master; teacher; stable master
cry (esp. animal); roar; chirp; tweet; bark; whine
to fly; to soar; to jump; to leap; to spatter; to scatter; to hurry
rainfall; rainy weather; rainy; wet
(growing) quickly (esp. children, plants); (developing) quickly; fast; rapidly
to be raised (e.g. child); to be brought up; to grow (up)
to send; to forward; to hand over (e.g. money)
yo!; hello there!; wow!; oh!; yah! (yell)
safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good
safety; security; safely; without incident; good health; inaction
sound of footsteps; sense or sign that something is approaching
to cease; to desist; to cut it out; to lay off (an activity); to drop (a subject) to abolish; to resign
to end; to come to an end; to close; to finish
intention; plan; belief; assumption; estimate; estimation
on purpose; deliberately; intentionally
to lose; to be defeated; to succumb; to give in; to be inferior to; to break out in a rash due to (e.g. lacquer, shaving, etc.)
to kill (a human) using a blade (sword, machete, knife, etc.); to slice (off); to lop (off); to cut (off)
not feeling like doing ...; having no mind to ...; being in no mood for ...; having no intention of ...
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
opponent; rival; adversary; menace; danger; threat
at that time; at that moment; then; on that occasion