to be; to exist; to be (honorific copula)
Yama (king of the world of the dead, who judges the dead); Emma; Yan; Yomna
stamp; seal; seal impression; seal; mudra (symbolic hand gesture); ninja hand sign
a great deal; very much; a lot; (arch.) with a great amount of effort
vague; ambiguous; shady; disreputable; fuzzy
denotes uncertainty; such things as A and B; A and B and so on; A and B and the like
activity (of a person, organization, animal, volcano, etc.); action; movie (esp. during the silent movie period)
to trick someone (into confirming or revealing the truth); to ask a leading question
to fit into (a box, frame, category, etc.); to be contained within; to settle down (into); to be installed (in one's rightful place); to settle into (one's position); to take up (a post)
safe (e.g. choice); secure; innocuous; acceptable; passable; satisfactory
to doubt; to distrust; to be suspicious of; to suspect
loss; damage; harm; disadvantage; handicap; drawback
paying for one's mistakes; getting one's just deserts; suffering the consequences (of one's own actions); reap what you sow
place; spot; field; discipline; occasion; situation; scene (of a play, movie, etc.)
looking good; sounding good; (of) good appearance
definitely; absolutely; absolute; unconditional; absoluteness
being lost for words; becoming speechless; jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables)
perverseness; perversity; perverse person; difficult person; contrary person
to buy; to purchase; to value; to have a high opinion; to stir; to provoke
procurement; purchase; buying; school store; co-op; school canteen
straw bag; sack; bale; counter for sacks (of rice, potatoes, coal, etc.)
sushi; anything made with vinegared rice (may also contain vegetables, spices, fish, or other delicacies)
low-priced; cheap; inexpensive; shallow (e.g. sympathy); superficial; cheap (e.g. government)
menu; schedule; program; (computer) menu
comparatively high; fairly expensive
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
to open one's mouth wide and eat heartily; to gulp down food
to keep; to put aside (for somebody); to keep possession (usu. the ball in sports); quipu; quippu
pre-war days; before the war
every other week; every two weeks
five-day workweek system; five-day school-week; having two days off in at least one week of a month
scholarly ability; scholarship; knowledge; literary ability
fall; decline; lowering; deterioration; degradation
to worry about; to be anxious about; to be concerned about; to lament; to grieve; to feel sorrow for
father and mother; parents
to draw (water); to ladle; to pour (into a cup); to drink (together); to consider (feelings, the situation, etc.); to sympathize with
to increase; to add to; to augment
guardian; protector; patron; parent
people; (all) persons; you (usu. plural); various