request; favor; favour; reliance; dependence; trust
to support; to prop; to sustain; to hold at bay; to stem; to check
futon; Japanese bedding consisting of a mattress and a duvet; round cushion used for Zen meditation (traditionally made of woven bulrush leaves)
to put to bed; to lay down lengthwise; to put a thing on its side; to set something aside unused; to let lie idle; to ferment
axis; shaft; center; centre; stalk; stem
spring; springtime; New Year; prime (of life); height (of one's prosperity); adolescence
dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding
regrettable; disappointing; precious; dear; too good for; deserving better
function over aesthetics; (lit.) dumplings over flowers
to view (cherry) blossoms; to look at flowers
to have a meal; to eat; to make a living; to earn one's bread
to talk; to tell; to recite; to pledge; to conspire with
to keep one's mouth shut; to refuse to talk
cooked rice; meal; food; one's living; livelihood
to sit down at the dining table (with someone); to eat with company; to share a table
reason; logic; sense; truth; right
to load (a gun, etc.); to charge; to put into (e.g. emotion, effort); to include (e.g. tax in a sales price); to hang over; to shroud
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
quite; very; 10^48; quindecillion
love of drink; fondness for alcohol; person who likes to drink; drinker
well-informed person; walking dictionary; extensive knowledge
grandfather (may be used after name as honorific); male senior-citizen (may be used after name as honorific)
filial piety; being kind to one's parents; taking care of one's parents
parting; separation; farewell
stout-hearted; firm; courageous; brave; tough
to push away; to thrust aside; to detach oneself from; to keep away from; to act coldly; to do without emotion
black and white; monochrome; good and evil; right and wrong; guilt and innocence
mistaken answer or response
to put on (lower-body clothing, e.g. pants, skirt, footwear); to wear; to affix (a sword to one's hip); (arch.) to affix (a bowstring to a bow)
to feign friendliness; to play the hypocrite
childish; child-like; immature; infantile
possessiveness; desire to monopolize (monopolise); desire for control
to take a lot of dealing with; to be a handful
(looking) blankly; vacantly; dazedly; (staring) in puzzlement; with a look of amazement
to dry up (spring, pond, etc.); to run out
to dry up; to exhaust (e.g. resources, talent)
endurance; patience; perseverance; self-control; self-restraint
I'm off; see you later; to go (and then come back)