to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to provide; to afford; to assign; to cause
pressure; stress; pressure (e.g. political); coercion; arm-twisting
underground; below the ground; world of the dead; the grave; underground (activities, movement, etc.); secret
scaffold; scaffolding; foothold; footing; foothold (e.g. in business); foundation
half; semi-; half-past; odd number; (arch.) unit of land area (595.8 m^2)
sedimentation; subsidence; precipitation; sinking; settling; submerging
to jump up; to spring up; to jump (market, price, etc.); to rise sharply; to act rashly; to jump the gun
surface; appearances; exterior
(in) the middle of; (in) the midst of; (in) the course of; (at) the height of
some; several; many; how many; how much; very
to break; to be broken; to be folded; to give in; to back down; to turn (a corner)
to dash against (of waves); to billow; to roll; to wave (e.g. in the wind); to heave; to pound (of a heart)
to split; to tear; to burst; to be separated; to be divided
off the top of one's head; from thin air; from memory
to throw into disorder; to disarrange; to disturb (order, peace, etc.); to corrupt (public morals); to dishevel (hair)
to launch; to shoot up; (of waves) to dash; to wash up (ashore); to finish (e.g. a theater run, sumo tournament); to close
rain; rainy day; rainy weather; the November suit (in hanafuda)
mud; slush; (wet) dirt; thief
black rain; heavily polluted, radioactive rain sometimes following an atmospheric nuclear explosion (esp. that of Hiroshima)
to cut off; to cut up; to tear to pieces
to tear; to rip up; to cut up; to cleave; to forcibly separate (e.g. two lovers); (arch.) to have a tattoo in the corner of one's eye
narrow; thin (sized); slender
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
expansion; extension; elongation; stretching
to use one's influence; to pull strings; to take measures; to make the necessary preparations
traditional cap worn by Shinto clergy and courtiers; crown; diadem; top kanji radical; first verse of a haikai, etc.; best; peerless
appearance; arrival; make one's appearance
one leaf; one page; one sheet; (arch.) one boat
small; little; slightly less than; just about; somewhat; somehow
grass; weed; (arch.) ninja; not genuine; substandard; LOL
overall height; distance from the ground to the highest point of an object
large; big; older; senior; final; ultimate
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
difference (of opinion); strange; odd; different
appearance; look; a 'seeming' that fortune-tellers relate to one's fortune; aspect; phase (e.g. solid, liquid and gaseous)
only natural; no wonder; as expected; of course; as it should be
Japanese dock (plant) (Rumex japonicus)
bad (taste); unpalatable; poor; unskillful; ugly; unattractive