how; in what way; by what means
to spread out; to lay out; to take a position; to impose widely (e.g. over a city)
to play a role; to serve a function; to play a part
to be awarded (e.g. a prize); to be given an award; to be gifted or endowed (e.g. with a talent); to be blessed (e.g. with a child); to be initiated (e.g. into a secret)
to entrust (someone) with; to leave (a matter) with someone; to have someone deliver (a message, parcel, etc.); to send (through someone); to use (something) to express (one's feelings, opinion, etc.); to express in the form of (something)
to walk; to go on foot; to tread (a figurative path); to follow; to advance towards (e.g. a solution); to set out (e.g. on the path to destruction, ruin, etc.)
distinction; differentiation; classification
lineage; stock; descent; strain; blood relationship
focus (e.g. photographic); focal point
ray of hope; glimmer of hope
grounds (esp. of shrines and temples); compound; churchyard; precincts
minute (unit of time); fun (one tenth of a monme, 5.787 grains)
receiving; welcoming; going to meet; final call; call of fate; approach of death
(many) mountains; very much (wanting to do something one cannot); greatly; so many; a lot of
rotor; love egg; egg vibrator (sex toy)
seeing off; sending off; funeral; escapement
under-shoulder swing-down; technique of grasping the arm of the opponent, the moment he comes forward, while stepping out of line and pushing down on the shoulder blade with the other hand, thus pulling him down; dodging; parrying (questions); disappointment; letdown
bold; audacious; impudent; unashamed; unabashed
omurice; fried rice wrapped in or topped with omelette
to talk (a person) down; to confute
married couple; husband and wife; man and wife; his and hers; pair of objects, one larger (for man), one smaller (for woman)
thereabouts; vicinity; that area; that situation; those circumstances
to dodge; to evade; to avoid; to sidestep
avenue of cedars (cryptomeria)
to dance (orig. a hopping dance)
fairy tale; fairy story; nursery tale
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
answer; reply; response; answer; solution; result
person with whom to speak; someone to talk to; companion; advisor; adviser
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
bad deed which ultimately results in the creation of a good Buddhist; older person conducting a funeral service for a younger relative, in particular, a parent for a child
landing; alighting; touch down
(pilot or driver's) seat; cockpit
agile; nimble; casual (clothing); light (e.g. luggage); carefree; with limited responsibility
to jump down; to jump off; to jump from; to jump out of
expectation; assume will happen; forecast
awkward; uncomfortable; embarrassing