necessary; needed; essential; necessity; need; requirement
to turn toward; to look (up, down, etc.); to face (e.g. east) (of a building, window, etc.); to look out on; to point (of an arrow, compass needle, etc.); to be suited to
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
to change the position of
dealing appropriately (with a situation); taking proper measures; handling (an issue) carefully; making the best of (a bad bargain)
painful; heartrending; trying; oppressive; suffocating; miserable
to writhe (in pain); to be in agony; to be anguished; to be agonized; to be troubled
on purpose; deliberately; intentionally
mixture; jumble; cord made by entwining threads of various colours
huh?; eh?; what?; oh; hey!; look!
pillow; bolster; introduction (e.g. to a rakugo story); lead-in
thundering; purring; something large and heavy starting to roll; scattered about; common; idleness; idling about
cherry fruit (esp. sweet cherry, Prunus avium)
dizziness caused by prolonged hot bath
thickly; densely; luxuriantly
to be at a loss for words
close adhesion; sticking firmly to; relating closely to; having relevance to; contact printing
evening meal; dinner; supper
you must be kidding; hey, come on!; surely not!
granny; grandma; gran; old lady; old woman
to take the form of (esp. in ref. to a spirit, fox, raccoon dog, etc.); to assume the shape of; to disguise oneself as; to change radically; to metamorphose; to improve unexpectedly and dramatically (esp. of an actor, artist, rikishi, etc.)
wolf (Canis lupus); wolf in sheep's clothing; womanizer
female; woman; female sex; female lover; girlfriend; mistress
opponent; rival; adversary; menace; danger; threat
consent; assent; agreement; understanding; comprehension; grasp
ceiling; ceiling price; (price) ceiling
obi; kimono sash; paper wrapper on books, CDs, etc.; band; belt; cingulum
end (e.g. of street); tip; beginning; start; odds and ends; scrap
anyhow; in any case; at any rate; at best; at most
comfort; ease; easy; simple; (economically) comfortable; raku pottery
to pull; to draw; to string (lines); to run (cable); to pull towards oneself (e.g. someone's sleeve); to drag; to haul
nine (in mekuri karuta); oicho-kabu (traditional Japanese gambling card game)
to pull out; to draw out; to omit; to leave out; to do to the end; to carry through; to let out (e.g. air from a tyre)
grandfather (may be used after name as honorific); male senior-citizen (may be used after name as honorific)
powerful; strong; forceful; reassuring; encouraging
to pin down; to hold down; to cover (esp. a part of one's body with one's hand); to clutch (a body part in pain); to get a hold of; to obtain
form; shape; figure; visage
to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)
to be turned up; to be lifted up (e.g. by the wind)