variety; kind; type; counter for kinds, species, etc.
to play (games, sports); to enjoy oneself; to mess about (with alcohol, gambling, philandery, etc.); to be idle; to do nothing; to meet up (with friends); to hang out
four times; four-colour process printing; CMYK printing
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
feeling of a house or a room
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
to sit (down); to have a seat; to be seated; to assume (a position); to take on (a duty); to occupy (a post)
always; all the time; never; usual; regular
book; volume; this; present; main; head; real
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to pronounce; to read (e.g. a kanji)
how many times; how many degrees (temperature, angle, etc.)
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
to calm down; to compose oneself; to calm down; to settle down; to settle down (in a location, job, etc.); to settle in; to be settled (of an arrangement, conclusion, etc.)
tea (esp. green or barley); tea break; teatime; tea ceremony
to be roasted; to be parched; (arch.) to be irritated; (arch.) to be annoyed
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
than; rather than; instead of; from; out of; except
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
to (call and) stop; to call (someone) to stop; to hail (e.g. a taxi)
to stand up; to get up; to recover; to regain one's energy; to (stand up and) take action; to rise up (against); to rise (from a crouch) and make the initial charge
(confronting a problem, etc.) head-on; directly; outright; (lit.) from the front
to cling to; to embrace; to throw one's arms around
to use one's influence; to pull strings; to take measures; to make the necessary preparations
mincing; chopping finely; short and repeated (movements; e.g. trembling, quick steps); gradual; bit by bit
to shiver; to shake; to quake; to tremble; to quaver; to quiver
cloth; fabric; material; bujian (spade-shaped bronze coin of ancient China)
across; over; beyond; throughout (a period of time); for
smell; scent; aura; whiff; faint, mist-like pattern along the temper line of a Japanese sword
to spread (of a rumour, news, etc.); to travel; to be handed down (from generation to generation); to be passed down; to be introduced (to a country, region, etc.); to be brought; to be conveyed (of a feeling, impression, etc.)
to shut one's eyes; to close one's eyes; to turn a blind eye (to); to close one's eyes (to); to die
to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)
degree (angle, temperature, scale, etc.); counter for occurrences; strength (of glasses); glasses prescription; alcohol content (percentage); alcohol by volume; extent
a little; a bit; just a minute; for a moment; somewhat; rather; (not) easily
skillful; skilled; proficient; flattery
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
clumsy; awkward; unskillful; incompetent; inept; bungling
movie; film; motion picture
stylish; fashionable; dressing (oneself) up; dressing smartly; fashionable dresser; smartly dressed person
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?