right arm; right-hand man; right hand; right-handed pitcher
left arm; left-handed (baseball pitcher)
to cause; to induce; to bring about; to pull upright; to help up (e.g. a fallen person)
state; condition; circumstances; sight; spectacle
sobbing; weeping; fit of crying
to stop crying; to cry oneself out
faking crying; crocodile tears
to cry; to weep; to sob; to howl
to shout; to cry; to scream; to clamour
dissatisfaction; discontent; displeasure; complaint; unhappiness
emission; emanation; letting out (feelings); venting; divergence (of light); divergence
closing; closure; shutdown; lockout
to surprise; to frighten; to create a stir
often; again and again; over and over again; repeatedly; frequently
character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")
effect; efficacy; validity; potency
mysterious power of words to alter reality
to fail to hear something; to miss; to act as if one didn't hear something; to let a remark slide
lowering; sinking; depreciation; price fall; punch line (of a rakugo story); (arch.) sword strap
to be caught in; to be stuck in; to stop by; to drop in for a short visit; to get mixed up in (trouble); to get entangled in (a problem); to fall for (a trick)
to trace (drawing); to follow; to imitate; to copy; to reproduce
feel (i.e. tactile sensation); touch; feeling; sensation; texture (e.g. food, cloth)
to fold up; to fold into layers
material; material properties; quality of material; quality of wood; quality of lumber
fragment; broken piece; chip; ounce (of truth, conscience, etc.); trace; shred
transformation; variation; metamorphosis; modification; deformation; variety
disturbance of mind; losing one's head; being upset; transition; changing; moving
indicates concession or compromise; indicates permission
valuable article; valuables
to exterminate; to eradicate; to wipe out; to let (fire) go out; to let die (e.g. flowers); to run out of
national isolation; closing the country (to foreigners); sakoku; policy of national isolation enacted by the Tokugawa shogunate
to maintain; to continue to have
to become speechless; to be at a loss for words
release (e.g. information); disclosure (legal); show; indication; display
forgetting; lapse of memory
conclusion; resolution; gathering and bundling; convergence; focusing (e.g. light); convergence
to kill; to slay; to suppress; to block; to suppress (a voice, feelings, etc.); to hold back