to squat; to crouch down (completely, generally with face looking through knees)
to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate
please; if you would; somehow or other; one way or another; whether (or not); if
cowardly; craven; unfair; mean; sneaky
to clasp; to grasp; to hold (the answer); to have (e.g. the solution); to seize (power); to hold (the reins)
to warm (up); to heat (up); to sit on (an idea, plan, etc.); to keep to oneself; to renew (an old friendship); to take for oneself
even a little; any at all; if only a little; no matter how little
if; when; when it comes to ...; as for ...; why don't you ...; why not ...
to live through hell; to go to hell and back; to suffer dire straits
association; socializing; socialising; fellowship
to put on armour (armor); to wear armour; to arm oneself; to wear; to cover
under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (someone's) side
earth; soil; the earth (historically, esp. as opposed to the heavens); the ground; low-quality torinoko-gami (containing mud); (period of) refraining from construction in the direction of the god of the earth (in Onmyōdō)
a handful (of); grasping (with one hand); gripping; grabbing
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
to sink (e.g. a ship); to submerge; to lower (e.g. one's body into a chair); to floor (an opponent)
to be buried; to be covered; to overflow; to be crowded; to be repaid (e.g. debt); to be replenished
to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)
right under; directly below; right beneath
perhaps; possibly; maybe; if; in case; in the event that
star (usu. excluding the Sun); planet (usu. excluding Earth); star (glyph, symbol, shape); asterisk; star (actor, player, etc.); dot; spot
the reverse (side); back (side); other side; hidden side; behind the scenes
pure; true; genuine; unmixed
to make sure of; to ascertain; to see with one's own eyes; to watch to the end; to watch to make sure (that)
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); proprietress; (arch.) entertaining someone as one's guest
to stab; to stick; to pierce; to thrust
large number; innumerable; great many; immense; vast; abundant
one leaf (of a book bound in Japanese style); one block of tofu; one serving (in a restaurant); one long and narrow thing (e.g. a gun, scissors, spade, hoe, inkstick, palanquin, candle, jinrikisha, shamisen, oar); one chō (unit of distance, approx. 109.09 m); one game; one task
to become a thing of the past
to bear; to stand; to support; to withstand; to be fit for; to be equal to
old tale; folk tale; legend; reminiscence
barefaced (e.g. lie); transparent; with feigned ignorance; pretending not to know; pure white; very clear
to cling to; to depend on; to embrace; to hug
to fall flat; to fall face down
to wait for a favorable chance; to wait for a favourable chance
coincidence; chance; by chance; unexpectedly; contingency
to appear ...; to look like ...; to seem ...; to have a trace of; to be tinged with