to reward; to recompense; to repay; to retaliate; to get revenge
to attempt; to test; to try out
dark history; dark past; something one wants to forget or pretend never happened
to recall; to remember; to recollect
sign of life; human presence; humanity; humaneness
grounds (esp. of shrines and temples); compound; churchyard; precincts
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
to make an appearance; to show up
hair style; coiffure; hairdo
impressive; striking; memorable; impactful
attractive face and figure
suddenly; abruptly; deliberately; slowly; gently
school bag (usu. handheld or hung from the shoulder); schoolbag
to take out; to produce; to pick out; to fetch; to retrieve
(picture) frame; framed picture; amount (esp. of money); sum
type of household amulet or talisman, issued by a Shinto shrine, hung in the house for protection
counter for flat objects (e.g. sheets of paper); (arch.) counter for positions or roles; (arch.) counter for food portions (now only gyōza and soba); counter for ranking level
to throw into; to dump in together
unconsciousness; unconscious; involuntary; the unconscious (psychoanalysis)
to misperceive visually; to misread; to mistake for something or somebody else
optical illusion; hallucination; misapprehension; delusion
10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various
yen (Japanese monetary unit); circle
later; afterwards; future; after one's death; (arch.) descendant
to close (e.g. book, eyes, meeting, etc.); to shut
to match (rhythm, speed, etc.); to join together; to unite; to face; to be opposite (someone); to compare; to check with
polite; courteous; civil; careful; close; thorough
after that; afterwards; thereafter
size; large and small (sizes); various sizes; daishō (matched pair of long and short swords); large and small drums; long months and short months; sic bo (Macao dice game)
to compromise; to meet halfway; to step up to; to walk up to; to approach
fortune slip (usu. bought at a shrine)
-ish; -like; resembling; appearing to be; seeming to be
one thin flat object; one sheet
to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)