good; goodness; right; virtue
mouse; rat; dark gray; dark grey; slate (color, colour)
wrong; bad; not allowed; not possible; failing grade
dwelling; house; residence; den; habitat
to turn over (face down); to lay face down; to point downwards (eyes, head, etc.); to cast down (eyes); to lie (one's body) face down; to lie flat (on the ground)
to hull (rice, barley, etc.); to pound (rice); to polish (rice); to stamp (ore)
flour; meal; powder; dust
to rub; to crumple; to massage; to argue; to have a heated discussion; to train; to coach
to saw off; to interrupt; to suspend; to discontinue
to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out; to be away from (e.g. one's house); to leave (temporarily); to dawn
wood grain; unpainted wood
tool; implement; means; furniture
lathe; potter's wheel; windlass; pulley
striking sparks with flint and steel or by rubbing sticks together (usu. to start a fire); fire lit by sparks from flint and steel, etc.; purification ceremony in which sparks are struck in the direction of someone (oft. for good luck)
to translate; to interpret
miserable; wretched; lonely; dreary; shabby; comfortless
to ascend (the throne); to accede
contortion; distortion; warp; kink (in one's character); twist
crow (Corvus spp.); raven
spatula; (artificially cultured) Japanese crucian carp
I'm off; see you later; to go (and then come back)
nonsense; irresponsible remark; codswallop; random; haphazard; unsystematic
to stick; to get stuck; to be unavailable; to be busy; to be piled up (e.g. of work); to halt (in one's speech)
majority; more than half; most (of); mostly; largely; mainly
mark; target; object; subject; point (e.g. of argument)
servant; valet; (arch.) someone who works in close quarters with the emperor or imperial family; (arch.) low-ranking official who works for the imperial family or nobility (under the Ritsuryo system); (arch.) ox-tender for oxcarts; (arch.) horse boy
(beautiful) scenery; natural beauty
to make sense; to be meaningful
to put up (a notice, sign, etc.); to hang out (e.g. a banner); to hold up high; to raise overhead; to tout (a principle, plan, etc.); to herald; to publish
in the same way as; just like
courage; bravery; valour; valor; nerve; boldness
at present; currently; so far; for now; for the time being
cold; chilly; cold (attitude, stare, etc.); frigid; composed; cool
to put on (another's shoes by mistake); to put (shoes) on the wrong feet; to mistake (one thing for another); to confuse; to have a mistaken idea of
as a matter of fact; to tell the truth
nonsensical; unreasonable; awfully; extremely; disorder; confusion
practice; practising; training; study
copper pheasant (Syrmaticus soemmerringii); mountain bird
to make a great fuss; to raise a hue and cry; to make an uproar; to clamour
far from; anything but; not at all; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention
absolutely every little bit; everything from A to Z; systematically; thoroughly; one after another