to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
brightness; discernment; insight; eyesight; vision; nth year in the Meiji era (1868.9.8-1912.7.30)
music; gagaku; ceremonial Japanese court music
stranger; tramp; wanderer
woman; female; female lover; girlfriend; mistress
difficulty; hardship; trouble; infeasibility; inability (to carry out)
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
to go; to move (towards); to move through; to travel across; to go (well, badly, etc.); to proceed; to do (in a particular way)
ability; capacity; capability; physical strength
owner; proprietor; possessor (e.g. of talent, beauty, etc.)
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
time; labour; payment (for labour); pay; tedious job; troublesome job
exorcism; ceremonial cleansing from evil influence; exorcism performed door to door, in exchange for beans and money (on the night of New Year's Eve or Setsubun)
as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from ... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that ...; trying to ...
to take out; to get out; to put out; to reveal; to submit (e.g. thesis); to turn in; to publish
collection truck (for used goods, refuse, etc.); recovery vehicle
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
crew member; crewman; crew
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
to take (someone to a place); to take (someone) with one; to take along; to lead away
on the way; en route; in the middle of; midway; halfway
to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign
island; one's territory (of a sex worker, organized crime gang, etc.); one's turf
one's origin (e.g. city, country, parentage, school)
remarkable ability; mastery; brilliant technique; go-getter; resourceful person; wizard
sleet; daikon shavings; grated daikon; shaved ice topped with honey
(present) head of a family
imitation; fake; phony; pseudo-
flesh; meat; flesh (of a fruit); pulp; the physical body (as opposed to the spirit); flesh; thickness
factory; plant; mill; workshop
weapon; arms; ordnance; weapon (something used to gain an advantage); asset
development; cultivation; application; exploitation (of resources)
indication; denotation; designation; instructions; directions
beautiful; pretty; lovely; sweet; pure (heart, friendship, etc.)
wise; sagacious; intelligent; sensible
wife; garnish (esp. one served with sashimi); trimmings; accompaniment; side (remark)
unknown; unidentified; unspecified
fascinating; voluptuous; bewitching; captivating
wife; Mrs; (arch.) wife of a nobleman; (arch.) consort (of the emperor) of the third rank (ritsuryō system)