death; decease; (arch.) death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation); (an) out
ice; shaved ice (usually served with flavored simple syrup)
song; singing; classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka); modern poetry
dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding
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)
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
deep affection; dear; beloved
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
you; buddy; monarch; ruler; he; she
dirty; filthy; disordered; messy; indecent (language, etc.); dirty
counter for people (usu. seating, reservations and such); first name; famous; great; name; noun
sky; heaven; God; svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); deva (divine being of Buddhism); top (of a book); sole (of a Japanese sandal)
messenger; police and judicial chief (Heian and Kamakura periods); klesha (polluting thoughts such as greed, hatred and delusion, which result in suffering)
illustration; picture; sketch; drawing; figure
a lot; lots; enough; sufficient; enough; too many
door; gate; opening; title page
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
snare; trap (for catching wild game, etc.); trap (i.e. ruse, subterfuge, etc.)
to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ...; given that ...
everyone; anyone; no one; nobody
place; location; room; space; basho; wrestling tournament
to arrive at (after a struggle); to finally reach; to find one's way to; to finally hit on (e.g. an idea)
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
soft; tender; limp; subdued (colour or light) (color); gentle; meek
myself; yourself; I; me; you
body; oneself; one's place; one's position; main part; meat (as opposed to bone, skin, etc.)
to fall onto; to happen; to befall
misfortune; bad luck; ill luck; ill fortune
to lament; to grieve; to regret; to deplore
to be able (to); to be possible (to)
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date
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 ...); (somebody's) side