minute (unit of time); fun (one tenth of a monme, 5.787 grains)
premature; untimely (e.g. death); early
symbol; code; sign; notation
line; stripe; line (e.g. telephone line); wire; ray (e.g. X-ray); beam; line (e.g. of a railroad)
place; situation; position; location
turning upside down; placing nonessentials before essentials
doing; in such a state; doing together; doing to each other; familiarizing suffix (sometimes meaning "small")
ancient writing (i.e. Edo-period or older); classical literature; ancient Chinese character (pre-Qin period)
special; particular; extraordinary; exceptional; especial
giving and taking; exchange (of letters); arguing back and forth; (conversational) exchange
particularly; especially; in particular; expressly
sleek; smooth; thin (of a liquid); without hesitation or delay
enumeration; citation; listing
indeed; really; very; extremely; absolutely; certainly
serious; important; significant; grave; weighty
to weave into; to interweave; to be incorporated in; to be factored in
to anyone; to everyone; by anyone; by everyone; in everyone; in anyone
to be taught; to learn; to take lessons in
study; learning; tutorial
to succeed (in doing); to pull something off; to manage (to do a job)
pride; boast; credit (to)
to lose (a chance); to miss (a chance); to overlook; to omit; to deviate
living thing; living creature; animal; life
coincident with; while; simultaneously
(in the) neighbourhood; neighborhood; around; about; for instance; say
slightly; lightly; thinly; faintly; dimly
heat; fever; temperature; zeal; passion
to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to be filled with (emotion, enthusiasm, etc.); to fill the room (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be muffled (e.g. voice); to hold (a castle, fortress, etc.)
perhaps; possibly; maybe; if; in case; in the event that
extravagant; absurd; unbelievable; enormous; tremendous; extraordinary
to meet (by chance); to come across; to meet (e.g. of rivers, highways, etc.); to emerge and engage (an enemy)
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
quite capable of ...; could happen; not unlikely to
tea (usu. green); tea break (at work); tea ceremony
to make (tea, coffee, etc.); to brew a beverage (with hot water)
hurriedly; in a hurry; in haste