faintly; weakly; dimly; fool; simpleton; dimwit
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
scattered; disperse; loose; disconnected; in pieces; in drops
speaking of; (I told you) already; come on
measure; square (e.g. of graph paper or Japanese manuscript paper); box (e.g. on a form)
independence; self-reliance; independence (e.g. of a nation); freedom; separation; isolation
numeral; figure; digit; numeric character
right; correct; proper; righteous; just
to line up; to set up; to enumerate; to itemize; to be equal (to); to compare well (with)
to open (e.g. doors); to open (e.g. business, etc.); to be empty; to be vacant; to be available; to be open (e.g. neckline, etc.); to have been opened (of one's eyes, mouth, etc.)
one by one; one after another; successively
to go back to the start; to reset; to restore; to return to the point (of a discussion); to return something (that has been moved) to previous place; to reconstitute
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
counter for flat objects (e.g. sheets of paper); (arch.) counter for positions or roles; (arch.) counter for food portions (now only gyōza and soba); counter for ranking level
part; portion; amount; worth (as in "two days' worth"); one's means; one's place; one's duty
piece; fragment; one (object)
to make a lovely picture; to be perfect for a picture; picture-perfect; picturesque
to jump up; to spring up; to jump (market, price, etc.); to rise sharply; to act rashly; to jump the gun
even though; despite; when
with these words; while saying
grandfather (may be used after name as honorific); male senior-citizen (may be used after name as honorific)
such; this sort of; like this
and (also); both ... and; as well as
exterior; outside; outer; external; lateral
inside; interior; inner part
picture; drawing; painting; image (TV, film, etc.); picture; footage
to spend time (on doing something)
to make matters worse; besides; what's more; in addition; on top of that
next-door neighbors; (living, sitting) next to each other
plain; simple; reserved (behaviour, attitude, etc.); modest; quite; a (little) bit
work; operation; manufacturing; fatigue duty
change in pronunciation or meaning of a word; sound change; word with an altered pronunciation or meaning; turning or twisting part of a text (in Chinese poetry)
to gulp down; to swallow deeply; to understand; to take in; to engulf; to swallow up
to be dazzled by; to be dizzied by; to be lost in (greed, lust, etc.); (arch.) to become dark
to become used to seeing; to be familiar with
(many) trees; every tree; all kinds of trees
chalk (mineral); white wall