to select; to choose; to diagnose (an illness); to judge; to liken to something else; to regard as something else (e.g. to use another person as a mirror); to see someone off
tug of war (orig. a form of divination to predict whether the year will be favourable or unfavourable); forward puller (of a rickshaw)
request; favour (to ask); wish; please
pulse; vein; chain (of mountains, etc.); hope; thread (of an argument)
abbreviation; omission; outline; gist; plan; strategy
appropriate; adequate; suitable; fitting; worthy
injury; wound; mistake; accident; loss
to pick up; to find; to gather
secrecy; confidentiality; privacy; one's circumstances (esp. fiscal)
to keep (a pet or other animal); to have; to own; to raise; to rear; to feed
to be found; to be discovered
disposal; throwing away; dealing with (a problem); measure; punishment; penalty
to take into one's possession; to receive; to take into one's care (e.g. person, pet); to take custody of; to leave; to go away
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
mad (with grief, love, etc.); crazy; out of one's mind; on the verge of insanity
discipline; training; teaching manners
training (animals); breaking (animals)
to obey respectfully; to humble oneself; to sit straight (upright, respectfully, attentively)
changing room (at a bathhouse, swimming pool, etc.)
clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.
admiration; wonder; astonishment
to emit a voice; to emit a sound; to be able to speak
stage; step; level; rank; order; stairs
basket (shopping, etc.); hamper; cage
ogre; demon; spirit of a deceased person; ogre-like person (i.e. fierce, relentless, merciless, etc.); it (in a game of tag, hide-and-seek, etc.); Chinese "ghost" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); very
slightly; lightly; thinly; faintly; dimly
work; workmanship; craftsmanship; artifice; trick; device
eerie; hair-raising; exaggerated; ostentatious
change; alteration; modification
serious; severe; grave; acute
maintenance; servicing; putting in place; establishment; development
bathtub; boat with a bathtub rented to customers (Edo period)
calmness; composure; presence of mind; stability; steadiness
mere shadow of one's former self; having no trace left (of former glories, talent, looks, etc.); unrecognizable (as the person one used to be); unrecognisable
to show signs of ...; to have the appearance of ...
changing completely; transformation