seriousness; earnestness; truth; sanctity
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
pale fiery light seen in fields and mountains at night; will-o'-the-wisp; ignis fatuus; elf-fire; fen-fire
now that; since; so long as; because
ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pitch (e.g. in baseball); pile (of noodles, etc.)
towards (a destination); for the purpose of; with the goal of; targeting (a group, a demographic)
to fire (gun, arrow, questions, etc.); to shoot; to set free; to release; to emit (e.g. light); to give off (e.g. a scent)
reaching; attaining; arrival
small; fine; minute; minor; trivial; sensitive
to burst open; to split open; to be bursting with (e.g. youth, laughter, flavor); to bounce; to bound
literally; to the letter; literal
(garden) balsam (Impatiens balsamina); touch-me-not
seed (e.g. of a plant); pip; progeny; offspring; paternal blood; lineage; sperm
striking on the side; side blow; slanting (rain, snow, etc.); driving
rain; rainy day; rainy weather; the November suit (in hanafuda)
grain; bead; drop; counter for small round objects including grains, seeds, pills, drops
(confronting a problem, etc.) head-on; directly; outright; (lit.) from the front
called; known as; that; to say
big; large; drastic; full-width cloth (approx. 72 cm wide for traditional Japanese clothing; approx. 140 cm wide for Western clothing)
decline; ebb; failure; decay; decrease; loss
a little; some; somewhat; amount; quantity; number
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
to jump; to leap; to splash (of oil, mud, etc.); to spatter; to burst; to crack open
to fall; to drop; to set (of the sun or moon); to sink; to decrease (of popularity, quality, speed, sales, etc.); to fall; to be inferior (to)
one's body; one's person; oneself; one's appearance; one's place (in society, etc.); one's position
to shorten; to reduce; to crumple (fabric); to wrinkle; to make (one's body) smaller; to draw in (one's legs)
as (for); for; in the capacity of
considerably; fairly; quite; rather; pretty
while; even though; despite
trace; tracks; site; remains; scar
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
to apologize (apologise); to refuse; to decline; to be unable to bear; to be defeated (by)
to permit; to allow; to forgive; to pardon; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to acknowledge
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
already; yet; soon; shortly; further; more
seed leaves (of a dicot); cotyledons; bud; early stages; very beginning
to dash against (of waves); to billow; to roll; to wave (e.g. in the wind); to heave; to pound (of a heart)
to move; to stir; to operate; to run; to make a move; to take action; to be touched
one side; one party; the other side; one (of a pair); the other (one); the mate