sword (esp. a large, double-edged one); blade; bayonet; swordsmanship; stinger; ovipositor
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
question (e.g. on a test); problem; problem (e.g. societal, political); question; question (i.e. doubt); public discussion
utensil; implement; tool; instrument; appliance; apparatus
to pull; to draw; to string (lines); to run (cable); to pull towards oneself (e.g. someone's sleeve); to drag; to haul
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
(a) little; (a) few; slight; only; just; merely
oscillation; vibration; swing (e.g. of a pendulum)
heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling); depressed; slow; sluggish; important (position, responsibility, etc.)
to resound; to be heard far away; to reverberate; to shake; to come (home); to remain (with someone)
one part; one portion; one section; one copy (e.g. of a document)
slowly; unhurriedly; easily (e.g. in time); well; well (e.g. sleep); comfortably
to sink (into); to get depressed
to have a hole; to be pierced (with a hole)
oblong; vertical writing style (e.g. on envelopes); portrait orientation
hole; opening; pit; hollow; burrow; den; deficit
outside; exterior; the open (air); other place; somewhere else
to face; to go towards; to head towards
to jerk one's chin; to nod toward; to point one's chin at
first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
to drag along; to pull; to force someone along; to prolong; to drag out; to influence strongly
in a crowd; in droves; crawling (of insects); swarming; dragging (e.g. along the ground); trailing
to step forward; to step forth; to advance; to start; to embark on; to set forth on
dusk; twilight; twilight years; melancholia; melancholic nostalgia
earthenware; unglazed (bisque-fired) earthenware
sky; the air; weather; far-off place; distant place; state of mind; feeling
anywhere; for all time; through thick and thin; come hell or high water; persistently; stubbornly
to spread (out); to extend; to stretch; to reach to; to get around; to fill (e.g. a space)
small hill; low hill; hillock
to turn one's head; to look over one's shoulder; to turn around; to think back (on); to reminisce; to look back (on)
tower; steeple; spire; stupa; pagoda; dagoba
to rise (steeply); to tower; to soar
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
or; either ... or; maybe; perhaps; some ... and others ...; sometimes ... and at other times ...
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
should; must; -able; probably; likely
don't you think?; indicates question
the number of people; many people; a large number of people; (counted as an) adult
to include (in a group or scope); to instruct; to make one understand; to include (a nuance); to put in (an implication); to put in (someone's) mouth
not exceeding; and downward; below (e.g. standard); under (e.g. a level); the below-mentioned; the following