look; glimpse; apparently; seemingly; (arch.) first meeting
comfort; ease; easy; simple; (economically) comfortable; raku pottery
heavy labor; heavy labour; hard work; hard labor (in prison); hard labour
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
to draw (water, etc.); to scoop up; to pump up; to draw on (ideas) (from subordinates, the public, etc.); to take into account; to adopt
to breed (e.g. maggots); to let breed
bathtub; boat with a bathtub rented to customers (Edo period)
to satisfy (conditions, one's appetite, etc.); to meet (e.g. demands); to fulfill; to fill (e.g. a cup); to pack; to supply
several people; a few people
calling on someone who is ill; enquiry; inquiry
proposal; offer; request; application
close (e.g. in terms of relationship); intimate
to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)
early; soon; quickly; swiftly; rapidly
to lose (through death) (e.g. wife, child)
face; looks; vestiges; trace
truth; reality; sincerity; honesty; content; substance
now that you mention it; come to think of it; that reminds me; on that subject; speaking of which
almost every day; almost daily
humour; humor; safety; health; in a good mood; in high spirits
to ask; to inquire; to implore (a god for an oracle); to seek direction (from your superior); to visit; to speak to (a large crowd at a theatre, etc.)
(not) even once; (not) ever
on bad terms; at loggerheads
discord; (on) bad terms (with)
that sort of; that kind of; like that; such; so
rural area; countryside; the sticks; hometown
to finish; to end; to merely result in something less severe than expected; to feel at ease; to feel unease or guilt for troubling someone; to be sorry
to stream; to flow (liquid, time, etc.); to be washed away; to be carried; to drift; to float (e.g. clouds); to sweep (e.g. rumour, fire)
every day; daily; day after day; days (e.g. good old days)
to close (e.g. book, eyes, meeting, etc.); to shut
inverted; upside down; reversed; back to front; wrong way round
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
to smell; to smell of; to have a smell
first; first base; first baseman; fast