to be helpful; to be useful
incompetence; inefficiency; inability; incompetent person
lazybones; good-for-nothing; idler; slacker; loafer
as a matter of fact; really; truly; entirely; completely; wholly
no use; useless; not fit for its purpose
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
sense; sensation; feeling; intuition
long time; long interval; for quite some time
to pass (time); to spend; to overdo (esp. of one's alcohol consumption); to drink (alcohol); (arch.) to take care of; (arch.) to support
family; relatives; dependents; household
appropriate; adequate; suitable; fitting; worthy
to learn; to acquire knowledge; to carry; to wear (clothes, etc.); to put on
training; practice; discipline; ascetic practices
alone; by oneself; on one's own
funny; amusing; strange; odd; improper; unsuitable
thin; skinny; delicate; fragile; feeble
faint; dim; weak; poor; wretched; meagre
as (e.g. "do as one is told", "as we age we gain wisdom"); wherever (e.g. "wherever my fancy took me")
plate; dish; serving; helping; kanji radical 108 (at the bottom)
to put back; to return; to vomit; to throw up; to recover (of a market price)
strange; weird; wonder; mystery; cleverness; adroitness
physical condition; state of health
choking; suffocating; stifling; oppressive; heavy
to experience chest pain; to have a pain in one's chest; to feel sick at heart; to have one's heart ache; to be anguished
small change; coins; small sum of money
chair; stool; post; office; position
price; cost; charge; payment; bill; fee
to stand up; to get up; to rise; to recover; to take action; to start; to make the initial charge
to begin to walk; to set out
proprietress (of a traditional Japanese inn or restaurant); landlady; hostess; mistress
to become confused (disconcerted, disorganized, disorganised); to be flustered; to panic; to hurry; to rush; to hasten
to take; to carry (something) away; to bear
that way; that direction; there; that (one); you; your family
still more; even more; all the more; still less; even less
luggage; baggage; burden; payload (of a packet, cell, etc.)
house; one's house; one's home; one's family
to wither (of a plant); to be blasted; to die; to mature (of one's personality, abilities, etc.)
trot; half run; jog; girl in charge of menial tasks in a samurai family
two (long cylindrical things)
good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable
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
heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling); depressed; slow; sluggish; important (position, responsibility, etc.)
to catch up (with); to draw level; to pull even; to be compensated; to make up for one's losses