to play (games, sports); to enjoy oneself; to mess about (with alcohol, gambling, philandery, etc.); to be idle; to do nothing; to meet up (with friends); to hang out
careful thought; consideration; deliberation; reflection; rumination; pondering
medium; average; moderation; middle school; China; volume two (of three); during (a certain time when one did or is doing something)
vigilance; caution; alertness; precaution; being on guard
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
necessary; needed; essential; necessity; need; requirement
previously; before; first; before (something or someone else); beforehand; in advance
to tidy up; to put in order; to settle (problem); to clear (dispute); to finish; to bring something to an end
et cetera; etc.; or something; the likes of; for example; for instance
to gather; to collect; to assemble
you (when referring to one's equals or inferiors)
as one expects; as one wants; to one's satisfaction; as one sees fit
to move; to shift; to inspire; to rouse; to change; to alter; to operate
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
in that way; thus; so; so?
to do completely; to do accidentally; to do without meaning to; to happen to do
to get; to earn; to understand; to comprehend; to receive something undesirable (e.g. a punishment); to get (ill)
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
grandfather; old man; kyogen mask used for the role of an old man
will; resolution; kindness; goodwill; gift (as a token of gratitude)
to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to patch (clothes); to mend; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
to throw down; to bring down; to kill; to defeat; to overthrow; to trip up
companion; partner; other party; addressee; opponent (sports, etc.)
dreadful; terrible; horrible; fearsome; formidable; awesome
opponent; rival; adversary; menace; danger; threat
country in civil war; country disarrayed by war; Warring States period (Japan, China); competiton in which there are several evenly-matched participants; hotly-contested game (match, market, etc.)
scariest; most frightening
paraselene; moon dog; moondog (bright spot on either side of the Moon caused by refraction of moonlight through ice crystals in the atmosphere)
(United States of) America; United States; US; America (land mass); the Americas
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
rock (music); rock; boulder; on the rocks
but; however; even though; even if
any more; any further; any better; any longer
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
if; in case; as for; on the topic of; if that's the case; if so
cooked rice; meal; food; one's living; livelihood