thoughts; opinion; however much money you wish to give (as alms, a fee at a museum, etc.); fondness (for a significant other, etc.; often used teasingly); love
refreshing (e.g. feeling, scene, wind, morning air); brisk; bracing; fresh; refreshed
to wash; to cleanse; to inquire into; to investigate; to purify (one's heart); to lave (e.g. shore)
sense of values; values; value system
180 degrees; complete change
box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building
irradiation; radiation; beaming; exposure (to light); illumination
severe; harsh; hard; cruel; rigorous
coming to nothing; bubble on the surface of water; something that is short-lived
reproachful; hateful; bitter
to be disheartened; to be dejected; to be discouraged; suddenly (losing a lot of weight); looking emaciated; becoming very thin
to be haggard; to be gaunt; to be emaciated; to be worn out (e.g. illness, worry)
below one's eyes; under one's eyes; length (of a fish) from eyes to tail fin
corner; nook; shade; shadow; dark circles (under the eyes); dark rings
to tell (a story); to give an account of (an event, experience, etc.); to relate; to tell of; to show; to indicate
callus on one's middle finger (from writing)
thoroughly; completely; severely; harshly; (arch.) scattered; (arch.) disconnected
to turn away; to bear off; to veer away; to deviate (e.g. of a conversation); to digress; to go astray
to scale (mountain, flight of stairs, etc.)
small hill; low hill; hillock
to be disordered; to be disarranged; to be discomposed; to be upset; to lapse into chaos (due to war, etc.)
slope; slanting surface; bevel
counter for places, parts, passages, etc.
to cut off; to excise; to tear off; to cut out; to whittle down; to tear out
at regular intervals; evenly spaced
pillar; post; support; prop; counter for buddhas, gods, nobles, etc.
coarse (texture or grain)
network; Internet; net (hair, netball, etc.); net (price, weight, etc.); nett
robust; brawny; muscular; strong; sturdy
step; stair; grade; rank; counter for breaks in written language (or speech, etc.); dan
audience seating; (spectator) stands; auditorium; stadium
both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold
work-in-progress; working state
on the contrary; far from it; if anything; in fact; instead
to attach; to stick together; to place together; to put side-by-side; to make someone get married; to get someone hitched