lasting long; continuation; keeping at (something); sticking to (something)
standard; set; routine; decided
hitting the target; striking home; proving to be right; coming true; being on the mark
to have come; to be here; to be popular; to be fashionable; to be angry; to have blown one's lid
one's face turning pale (ashen); the color being drained from one's face
fiery chariot (that carries the souls of sinners into hell); desperate financial situation; dire straits
careless; sloppy; faulty; using unreliable sources (in a piece of writing); piece of writing with unreliable sources or many errors
to flip-flop; to do an about-face; (lit.) to flip over one's hand; to do something easy
recalculation; recalculate
conclusion; resolution; gathering and bundling; convergence; focusing (of light); convergence
paying for one's mistakes; getting one's just deserts; suffering the consequences (of one's own actions); reaping what you sow; making a rod for one's own back
self-deprecation; self-derision; self-mockery; laughing at oneself
prefix for forming ordinal numbers
prickling; stinging; biting; tale-telling; tattling
to have troubles; to have concerns
to choke up; to be speechless; to hold one's tongue
taboo word; forbidden topic; words or phrases not allowed (in waka and haikai)
else; in addition; besides
to cause a stir; to have repercussions; to generate controversy
exile; banishment; eviction; elimination (e.g. of poverty); removal
matter of time; question of time
basa fish (Pangasius bocourti)
to work together; to strive together; (lit.) to form a tag team
tag; label; game of tag; tag-team match; working together as a team
starting work (on); setting to work (on); commencing (a crime); playing (a move)
to weigh on one's mind; to worry one; to be concerned about
newspaper story (article, account)
scolding; rebuke; reprimand; fierce encouragement; exhorting
origin of an affair; spark that lit the fuse; beginning
to relate to; to have one's feelings understood
male homosexual relations; homosexual male partner
spirit; psyche; god; deity; divinity
friend; affection (for siblings)
kanji used as a phonetic symbol, instead of for the meaning; phonetic-equivalent character; substitute character; kanji used for their meaning, irrespective of reading
at any rate; in any case; anyway; anyhow
protection; defence; support; safeguarding; championship; vindication
ten thousand years; eternity; perennial; perpetual
to play dumb; to feign ignorance; to act innocent
to be fully erect; to have a vigorous erection