oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!
thin; pale; light; watery; thin; weak (taste, etc.); little (affection, etc.) not much (of a presence)
(sleeveless) undergarment; padded undershirt
road; path; way; set of practices; Buddhist teachings; Taoism; modern administrative region of Japan (Hokkaido)
tradition; legend; folklore
to wear (in modern Japanese, from the shoulders down); to put on; to bear (guilt, etc.)
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
by means of; due to; because of; according to
to throw down; to bring down; to kill; to defeat; to overthrow; to trip up
martial arts; military arts; Bushido
that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
so much; so often; oh, yes!; that's it; that's right; quite
just like that; quite so; I agree; (lit.) that street
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
furthermore; again; after all; more and more; moreover; even more
above; up; top; summit; surface; before; previous
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
at once; immediately; without delay; promptly
please remember me; please help me; please treat me well; please do; please take care of
to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
to sleep (lying down); to go to bed; to lie in bed; to lie down; to sleep (with someone, i.e. have intercourse); to lie flat (e.g. of hair); to lie idle (of funds, stock, etc.)
busy; occupied; hectic; restless; hurried; fidgety
heat; fever; temperature; zeal; passion
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
roar; peal; rumble; beating; pounding; throbbing
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
fashion; way; school (of thought); class; rank; current (electrical, water, etc.)
instructor; (fencing) teacher; model
shackles; fetters; irons; bonds (e.g. family); ties; binding relationship
truth; reality; seriousness; logical truth; printed style writing; star performer
bowstring; string (of a shamisen, etc.); stringed instrument; chord; hypotenuse
power; authority; might; influence; dignity; majesty
Chinese juniper (Juniperus chinensis)
flute; fife; pipe; whistle
leather strap binding the plates of traditional Japanese armor (armour)