indicates the target of an activity; -ee (e.g. employee, examinee, trustee)
several; a number of; quantity; amount; counting; figures; number
product; produce; result; fruit
to prepare for death; to get ready to die
many times over; often; repeatedly; time after time
sacrifice; victim; sacrifice (to a deity)
to torment; to torture; to harass
somehow or other; for some reason or another; without knowing why
shade; shadow; behind (something); other side; background; behind the scenes
to spend; to expend; to waste; to squander; to devote
tenacity; persistence; obsession; implacability
fruition; fructification; bearing fruit; bearing fruit (of efforts, plans, etc.); coming to fruition; yielding success
to be imaginable; to be conceivable
to have no way of knowing; to be completely ignorant of
(just) out of curiosity; (just) in order to satisfy one's curiosity; aimed chiefly at amusing; sensational (e.g. magazine)
consideration; thoughtfulness; sympathy; compassion; feeling; kindness
unnecessary; not needed; not necessary
tearoom; tea house; tea-ceremony room; tea arbour; tea arbor
completion; conclusion; perfect (tense, form, aspect)
human nature; human heart; public feeling; people's sentiments; consciousness; awareness
to throb (with pain); to ache; to smart; to rankle; to gall; to rile
cash; ready money; money on hand; mercenary; self-interested; calculating
sum; harmony; peace; Japan; Japanese-style
having nothing to do; having time on one's hands (and not knowing what to do); being at a loose end; being bored
to return; to come back; to turn over; to become extremely; to become completely
learning by ear; memory of having heard something before
soft; tender; limp; subdued (colour or light) (color); gentle; meek
being at sea; losing one's bearings; (arch.) disorientation upon waking at night; (arch.) forgetting which house or room to enter
to glide; to slide (e.g. on skis); to fail (an examination); to bomb (when telling a joke); to drop; to go down
small room; closet; cubicle; booth; stall
exposed; scanty; bare; public; open
seiza; kneeling with the tops of the feet flat on the floor, and sitting on the soles
peace (esp. of the world); tranquillity; calm
grandfather; old man; kyogen mask used for the role of an old man