department (in an organization); division; club; part; component; category
opponent; rival; adversary; menace; danger; threat
battle; fight; war; struggle; conflict
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
monkey (esp. the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata); ape; sly person; idiot; hick; sliding wooden bolt (for holding a door or window shut); clasp used to control the height of a pot-hook
to deepen; to heighten; to intensify
canary (esp. the island canary, Serinus canaria)
song; singing; classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka); modern poetry
attack; assault; raid; criticism; censure; denunciation
true; real; genuine; proper; utter
character (in a play or novel); dramatis personae
introduction; presentation; referral; listing
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
coal mine; (coal) pit; colliery
indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.
chief; main; principal; important
industry; (arch.) livelihood; (arch.) occupation
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
prefix for forming ordinal numbers
twelve; 12; queen (playing card)
district; section; sector
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to live (of humans); to reside; to inhabit; to dwell; to abide
bow and arrow; weapon; arms
treatment; service; handling (of a machine, tool, etc.); operation; treating as; treating like
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
satisfaction; pride; one's strong point; one's forte; regular customer; regular client
counter for occurrences; a time; an instance; inning (baseball); round; episode; chapter
(stage) appearance; performance; participation (e.g. in a tournament)
primula (any flower of genus Primula, which includes primroses, cowslips and cyclamens); Siebold's primrose (Primula siebold)
named after; associated with; connected with
to name; to call; to christen; to term
innocent; cherubic; childlike
little girl; maiden; young lady; (arch.) female between 17 and 20 years old (ritsuryo period)
boy; juvenile; young boy; youth; lad