reply (e.g. email, fax, letter); answer
minute (unit of time); fun (one tenth of a monme, 5.787 grains)
birth; lineage; identity; background; provenance; origin
exchange of letters; correspondence
musical composition title; song title
silly; foolish; absurd; childish; easy; trifling
frail; having a weak constitution; being in poor health
to touch; to come in contact with; to receive (e.g. visitor); to attend to; to receive (news); to get; to encounter
private; personal life; (one's) privacy
trouble; troubles; worry; distress; sorrows; anguish
expressing one's mind; speaking out
first letter of a word; capital letter (at the start of a word or sentence); initials (of one's name)
standing on tiptoe and stretching one's back to make oneself taller; stretching oneself; overreaching oneself; overstretching oneself; trying to do something beyond one's ability
to feel goodwill (towards); to wish someone well; to have a strong liking (for); to be emotionally involved
to stop; to cease; to come to an end; to cut off
shopping; purchased goods
one's relationships; people one knows; circle of friends
bare minimum; minimum necessary (amount, number, etc.)
formation; establishment; conclusion (e.g. of a deal); reaching (e.g. an agreement); being valid (of a theory, argument, etc.); holding
good thing; strong point; good family; prestigious school; the right moment; utter
going and returning (e.g. work, school); both ways
seeing off and meeting on return
to fluff up (e.g. a futon); to retype (e.g. a letter)
deletion; elimination; erasure; striking out
office worker; company employee; company man; salaryman (stereotypical Japanese office worker)
what do you want?; can I help you?
to take offense; to take offence; to get angry; to lose one's temper
this is not the time (for that); that's out of the question right now
to be fed up (with); to be tired (of); to be stumped; to be nonplussed; to wince; to shrink back
to resolve; to ready (oneself); to make up one's mind
play equipment; playground equipment
iron rod; iron bar; iron club; horizontal bar (gymnastics)
thick growth of plants; plantation; shrubbery; thicket
brat; kid; urchin; preta; hungry ghost
putting one's life on the line; staking one's life (on); risking one's life; life and death situation
rough; wild; rude; harsh; gruff; violent
to burn; to be roasted; to be heated; to be jealous; to be envious