annual (plant); first-year student
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
cat (esp. the domestic cat, Felis catus); shamisen; geisha; wheelbarrow; clay bed-warmer; bottom; submissive partner of a homosexual relationship
to put on (one's head); to wear; to be covered with (dust, snow, etc.); to pour (water, etc.) on oneself; to bear (e.g. someone's debts, faults, etc.); to take (blame); to overlap (e.g. sound or color)
leader of a female gang; leader of a group of delinquent girls
young motorcycle-riding delinquents; bōsōzoku
to sink (e.g. a ship); to submerge; to lower (e.g. one's body into a chair); to floor (an opponent)
pillbug; pill bug; woodlouse; sowbug; sow bug; slater
Paramecium spp. (esp. Paramecium caudatum)
younger brother; little brother; brother-in-law (spouse's younger brother or younger sister's husband); (arch.) pupil; (arch.) apprentice
older brother; elder brother; brother (as older-brother figure in friendly and or work relationship); young man; buddy
rascal; villain; scoundrel; ruffian; crook
to drive away; to clear; to scatter; to disperse
to come true (of a wish, prayer, etc.); to be realized; to suit (e.g. a purpose); to meet (wishes, ideals, etc.); to match (implies competition); to rival
vacantly; blankly; openmouthed; with one's mouth wide-open; with a whack; with a thump
older brother; elder brother
incompetent; have no merit
to see through; to see the true nature of something
wasteful; a waste; too good; more than one deserves; impious; profane
appropriate; adequate; suitable; fitting; worthy
searching for someone; search for a missing person
lightning; thunder; god of thunder; god of lightning; anger; fit of anger
complexion; one's colour; one's color; countenance; expression; one's face
two things that superficially similar but completely different; night and day; chalk and cheese; (lit.) the Moon and a turtle
Chinese soft-shelled turtle (Pelodiscus sinensis); soft-shelled turtle (Trionychidae)
seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of
saying all one has to say (usu. negative, e.g. complaints, insults, etc.)
you bastard!; you son of a bitch!
transformation; abnormality; sexual perversion; pervert; metamorphosis; transformation
noisy; loud; much talked of; much-discussed; strict; severe
breakup (of a ceremony, wedding, party, meeting, etc.); closure
three-way junction; three-way intersection
the opposite direction; the other way
to step back; to move back; to withdraw (from the presence of a superior); to leave; to resign; to retire
confluence (of rivers); merge (of traffic); conflux; union (e.g. of forces); linking up; merging
point (of a story, argument, etc.); point (e.g. in stock exchange movement); percentage point; switch; points; point; site
proposal; proposition; suggestion