counter for occurrences; a time; an instance; inning (baseball); round; episode; chapter
spring; springtime; New Year; prime (of life); height (of one's prosperity); adolescence
defense; defence; guard; policing; security
service; duty; business; Buddhist religious services
thundering; purring; something large and heavy starting to roll; scattered about; common; idleness; idling about
look of death; shadow of death
to shade; to graduate; to tint; to put on stage makeup; to make up (one's face)
family; members of a family
verbal message; word (from someone)
to lick; to lap; to taste; to experience (esp. a hardship); to look down on (someone); to make fun of
low-lying part of a city (usu. containing shops, factories, etc.); Shitamachi (low-lying area of eastern Tokyo near Tokyo Bay, incl. Asakusa, Shitaya, Kanda, Fukugawa, Honjo, Nihonbashi, Kyobashi and surrounds)
pipe; tube; channels, official or otherwise; (business) connections; tobacco pipe
arbor; arbour; suffix forming the final part of the pseudonyms of some writers and performers; suffix forming the final part of the name of a restaurant
to run (a business); to operate; to carry out; to perform; to hold (a Buddhist or Shinto ceremony)
one's father; one's old man; middle-aged (or older) man; old man; one's boss; proprietor (of a restaurant, store, etc.)
diligently; seriously; perfectly; properly; sufficiently; satisfactorily
to make good; to improve; to do often; to be kind to; to treat well
to break off; to come to an end; to be interrupted; to be cut short; to pause
to smoke; to smoulder; to smolder; to sputter
to hear; to catch (the sound of something); to hear about (rumour, etc.); to overhear; to get used to hearing
work; labor; achievement; performance; salary; income
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
to stare at each other; to lock eyes with
to push away; to push aside; to shove
control; check; restraint; inhibition
how about ...?; I wonder; I don't know
restive horse; unmanageable person (esp. a woman); shrew; stubborn tomboy
young lady of noble birth; princess (esp. in Western contexts, tales, etc.); girl; small; cute; (arch.) prostitute
to ignite; to set fire to; to spark (an incident, etc.); to inflame (a situation, etc.)
to steam (food, towel, etc.); to be hot and humid; to be sultry
cooking, esp. frying or stir-frying; heating; tempering; -ware
group; flock; crowd; wide expanse (of flowers)
to talk on and on; to rattle on; to keep on talking (without pause)
to have a talk; to tell a story
serious; important; significant; grave; weighty
to burn completely; to consume (by fire); to burn to nothing; to burn to the ground; to reduce to ashes
solid; robust; tight; taut; shrewd; calculating
one o'clock; once; at one time; for a time; for a while; a time
can't help; won't make much difference