cat (esp. the domestic cat, Felis catus); feline; shamisen; geisha; wheelbarrow; clay bed-warmer; bottom (submissive partner of a homosexual relationship)
bamboo (any grass of subfamily Bambusoideae); middle (of a three-tier ranking system)
light; easy; non-serious; minor
handsome man; looker; good guy; great guy; influential person (esp. in the yakuza); sumo wrestler
trunk; torso; plastron (in kendo); touching the plastron (kimari-te in kendo); frame (of a drum, etc.); sound box (of a shamisen, etc.)
moai; Okinawan-style social support group
image; figure; figure; form; image
jersey (fabric); jersey; (sports) uniform top; sweatsuit; tracksuit; Jersey (cattle)
geta; traditional Japanese wooden sandal; turn (in set-type proofing); upside-down character; net; geta
vulgar; in poor taste; cheap; low-brow
to bare one's fangs; to snarl (at)
to stroke; to caress; to brush gently; to comb (hair); to smooth down
to become hoarse; to become husky
what do you want?; can I help you?
sentence-ending particle expressing doubt; sentence-ending particle expressing a rhetorical question
unfashionable; uncouth; unrefined; unpolished; unsophisticated
cloth; fabric; dough; batter; inherent quality; one's true character; unglazed pottery
reverse printing; printing only the background; reverse-printed motif; reverse-printed text
shape; form; security; collateral; obverse of an old zeni coin
to finish watching (e.g. a movie)
to be too much for one; to find unmanageable; to be beyond one's control; to not know what to do with
premature; untimely (e.g. death); early
to erase; to rub out; to turn off (a light, TV, heater, etc.); to switch off; to extinguish (a fire, candle, etc.); to put out; to remove (a smell, pain, etc.)
to slip into; to crawl into (under); to conceal oneself (under); to sneak into; to infiltrate
(one's) sleeping hours; hours of sleep
horizon (related to land)
distance; range; difference (e.g. in opinion); gap; metric
to go through; to pierce; to run through (e.g. a river through a city); to pass through; to stick to (opinion, principles, etc.); to carry out
a little; a bit; a small amount; a little while; a short time; a moment
pot (esp. teapot, coffee pot); vacuum bottle; thermos flask
to make (tea, coffee, etc.); to brew a beverage (with hot water)
strange; odd; peculiar; queer; curious
sense; sensation; feeling; intuition
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to hug; to have (a thought or feeling); to hold; to harbour (suspicion, doubt, etc.)
lonely (e.g. person, feeling); lonesome; desolate; deserted; sad; lacking
to suddenly understand (esp. on basis of experience or memory); to come to mind; to recall (in a flash); to be reminded of; to call to mind; to think of
to turn up; to make an appearance; to put in an appearance; to drop by
person of paramount authority; supreme wielder of power
salary reduction; salary cut