to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
comfort; ease; easy; simple; (economically) comfortable; raku pottery
enjoyment; pleasure; diversion; anticipation; looking forward to
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
to (call and) stop; to call (someone) to stop; to hail (e.g. a taxi)
to tell someone's fortune; to forecast; to predict; to divine
teacher; master; religious leader; specialist; (arch.) five-battalion brigade comprising 2500 men (Zhou-dynasty Chinese army)
shape; form; appearance; state; situation; suitable
uncle; old man; mister; manybar goatfish (Parupeneus multifasciatus)
type of cleromancy divination (described in the Book of Changes) performed with long sticks; The Book of Changes; Yijing; I Ching
railway station; train station; staging post on a highway (in pre-modern Japan); counter for railway stations and bus stations
bamboo (any grass of subfamily Bambusoideae); middle (of a three-tier ranking system)
district; section; sector
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name); inferior; younger (of two people with the same name)
ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pile (of noodles, etc.); bullet
lump (of flour, etc.); clump (of ground meat, etc.)
seat; place; position; status; gathering; party; stand
already; now; by this time; quick; early; fast
furthermore; again; after all; more and more; moreover; even more
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
good fortune; happiness; blessing; good luck
clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.
having; holding; wear; durability; charge; expense
PET bottle (clear plastic beverage bottle)
tea (usu. green); tea break (at work); tea ceremony
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
slightly (of an action); (looking) small and quiet
to sit; to squat; to assume (a position); to hold steady; to hold still
opening suddenly and widely (e.g. eyes)
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me
to glare at; to scowl at; to stare intensely at; to examine carefully; to estimate; to guess
natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary
to be (animate); to be; to be ..ing; to (have the audacity to) do
dull (e.g. a knife); blunt; thickheaded; obtuse; dull (sound, color, etc.); dim (light)
doing; in such a state; doing together; doing to each other; familiarizing suffix (sometimes meaning "small")
really; truly; indeed; good grief
un-; non-; negative prefix