innocence; guiltlessness; absence of the fact; insubstantiality; (arch.) insincerity; (arch.) dishonesty
closing of a gate; (Edo-period) house confinement
to be ordered (to do); to be charged with (a duty); to be assigned (a job)
unhappiness; sorrow; misfortune; death (usu. of a relative); bereavement
infamous crime or offense (offence)
accident; disaster; incident; uprising; emergency
forfeiture; seizure; confiscation; impounding
government service; the bureaucracy
ration; stipend; allowance
to speak; to talk; to mediate; to act as a go-between; to put in a good word (for someone)
nursemaid; nanny; babysitter; child-minding; babysitting
the public; general public
to jump on someone's (verbal) mistake; to trip someone up; to find fault with something someone says
strange; odd; peculiar; queer; curious
personal (affairs, reasons, etc.)
barrier; gate; seki (in go); mutual life
terrible; dreadful; terrifying; surprising; startling; tremendous
ominous; sinister; unlucky; inauspicious
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to hug; to have (a thought or feeling); to hold; to harbour (suspicion, doubt, etc.)
practice; training; drill; (an) exercise; workout
prefix for forming ordinal numbers
business; task; use; purpose; for the use of ...; used for ...
kin; catty; pound (unit of weight); loaf (of bread)
to carry on one's shoulder; to shoulder; to bear; to bear (burden, responsibility, etc.); to take upon oneself
weekday; ordinary days (i.e. non-holiday); kanji radical 73
ability; capacity; capability; physical strength
explanation (of a text, phrase, etc.); lecture; explanation (in a pompous fashion); (long-winded) lecture; (arch.) storytelling
road; path; way; set of practices; Buddhist teachings; Taoism; modern administrative region of Japan (Hokkaido)
surely; certainly; no doubt; indeed
old name for a cave cricket; even though; despite; even more
I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that
bitter experience; misery; distress; grief; sad thoughts; hardship
to compose (e.g. poem); to recite; to intone; to chant
exemplar; model; example; pattern
to cause someone to worry
bottom of one's heart; depths of one's mind; innermost thoughts; from the bottom of one's heart; wholeheartedly; truly
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
to be itching to put one's skills to use
violence; assault; rough (e.g. handling); reckless; rape; sexual assault
dangerous; unsettled; troubled; disturbed; insecure
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)