tenement house; row house
parent; parents; dealer (in cards, mahjong, etc.); banker; founder; inventor; (pet) owner
to adhere to; to stick to; to keep close to; to go along with; to get involved with; to be thick with
several people; a few people
to attract; to draw near; to charm; to attract; to have a convulsion
child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young (animal); young woman; offshoot
to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
inner part; inside; interior; depths (e.g. of a forest); back (of a house, drawer, etc.); bottom (e.g. of one's heart)
I; me; oneself; (arch.) you; (arch.) prefix indicating familiarity or contempt
long (time that has passed); old (story)
good fortune (esp. omikuji fortune-telling result); good luck; auspiciousness; unspecified day of the month (used to obscure the date a letter, invitation, etc. was written)
grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen
even though; despite; when
hindrance; obstacle; to visit (someone's home); demon who hinders Buddhist training; demon who obstructs sentient beings from maintaining moral behaviour
sale; selling; selling point; gimmick; seller; vendor
to drive away; to turn away; to send away; to repel; to repulse
wife (esp. one's own wife); court lady; female court attache; (arch.) woman (esp. as a love interest)
honorific/polite/humble prefix
to face; to go towards; to head towards
discontent; dissatisfaction; complaint; grievance
small pine; short pine tree
world; society; life; lifetime; age; era; reign
clearing one's throat; cough
to fire (gun, arrow, questions, etc.); to shoot; to set free; to release; to emit (e.g. light); to give off (e.g. a scent)
continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence
to start; to begin; to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to start ...; to begin to ...
to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
trainspotter; railway enthusiast; railfan
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
to stick through; to force through; to spread throughout; to thoroughly diffuse; to make a path between two points; to proceed in a logical manner; to let pass
ten thousand years; eternity; perennial; perpetual
temple; shrine; hall; company; (arch.) front room
thick; deep; kind; cordial; abundant
to cut; to cut through; to sever (connections, ties); to turn off (e.g. the light); to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to punch (a ticket)
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate
living room (Western style); sitting room
to change places; to relieve one another; to replace someone
to untie; to unfasten; to unsew; to unstitch; to solve; to work out; to dispel (misunderstanding, etc.)
to withdraw from (a deal); to wash one's hands of; to lead by the hand
unconcernedly; nonchalantly; shamelessly; brazenly