to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
so much; so often; oh, yes!; that's it; that's right; quite
guest; visitor; customer; client; counter for containers used to entertain guests
old person; elderly person; trustee of the Japan Sumo Association; retired high-ranking wrestler who is licensed to coach and receives retirement pay; senior statesman (of the Tokugawa shogunate); important local official (under the Tokugawa Shogunate)
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
near; close; close (in time); soon; close (relationship); friendly
corner; section; one horn; narwhal (Monodon monoceros)
cup (drinking vessel, measure, brassiere, prize, etc.)
to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)
economic slump; hard times; poor (business); dull; gloomy; cheerless
disappointed; dejected; disheartened; indignant; angry
to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)
to make something look better; to put into (good, better) shape; to put up a front; to pose; to pretend
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
to have a cramp; to twitch; to stiffen (of a face, expression); to freeze; to shrink (of skin, due to a scar); to tauten
either way; in any case; one way or another
together; at the same time; same; identical
at least; at most; (even) just
had better ...; had better not ...
to sound; to ring; to resound; to echo; to roar; to rumble
to stuff one's cheeks; to fill one's mouth (with food)
a (short) time; a while; one time (in the past); a period; (arch.) two-hour period
to endure; to keep out (e.g. rain); to pull through; to get over; to surpass; to outdo
to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant
that is to say; so that means
trouble; difficulties; dispute; confusion; disorder; mess
(horse-drawn) cart; wagon; dray
cooked rice; meal; food; one's living; livelihood
to follow; to come along with one; to accompany
instead of; in place of; as a substitute for; in exchange for; in return for; to make up for
to profit; to get; to have (bear, beget) a child; to have a stroke of luck
to attack; to assail; to succeed (someone in a post, role, etc.); to make a sudden visit
repulse; repelling (e.g. the enemy); driving back
to also be (implies that as well as the earlier stated this is also the case); to be ... or something
thanks; gratitude; manners; etiquette; bow; reward; gift