to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to fill with (emotion, enthusiasm, power, etc.); to imbue with; to fill a space (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be muffled (e.g. of a voice)
to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do
closely (packed, lined up, etc.); tightly; densely; (work) sufficiently
fondly; admiringly; with fascination; with adoration; with enchantment
culture; civilization; civilisation; Bunka era (1804.2.11-1818.4.22)
natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary
at once; immediately; right away; directly (face, lead to, etc.); automatically (mean, result in, etc.)
execution (e.g. of a plan); carrying out; (putting into) practice; execution (of a program); run
to lend; to loan; to rent out; to hire out; to hand (over); to give
first of all; at once; for now; for the time being; anyway; at least
hope; wish; aspiration; (bright) prospects; expectation
wastewater; waste water; liquid waste; black water
to leak (urine, feces); to soil one's pants; to dump (untreated waste, sewage, etc.); to discharge (untreated effluent); to leak (information, secrets, etc.); to bleed (a deficit, losses, etc.)
to prepare; to provide; to set up; to establish; to organize
air; atmosphere; mood; situation; someone with no presence; someone who doesn't stand out at all
to put back; to return; to vomit; to throw up; to recover (of a market price)
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
surface; face; outside; exterior; appearances; superficiality
to plant; to grow; to insert; to transplant; to inoculate (e.g. an infectious agent); to instill (idea, value, etc.)
some; any; please; anyway; anyhow
earth; soil; the earth (historically, esp. as opposed to the heavens); the ground; low-quality torinoko-gami (containing mud); (period of) refraining from construction in the direction of the god of the earth (in Onmyōdō)
nature (of a person); sex; gender; sex (i.e. sexual attraction, activity, etc.); gender; -ty
time; season; period; phase; stage
midsummer; height of summer
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
sowing seeds; planting seeds; scattering seeds
long ago; a long time ago; already
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
to cling to; to hang onto; to rely on; to depend on; to implore; to entreat
barely; narrowly; only just; with difficulty
maintenance; preservation; improvement
management; dealing with; course of events; circumstances; end result (usu. bad); outcome
unpolished rice; unmilled rice; brown rice
painful; sore; cringy; embarrassing
personal; individual; private
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
chance; start; opportunity; cause; reason; excuse
suddenly; casually; accidentally; incidentally; unexpectedly; unintentionally
irresponsible; perfunctory; lukewarm; half-baked; (already) enough; considerably