painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)
narrow; confined; small; limited; narrow-minded; confining
endurance; patience; perseverance; self-control; self-restraint
to encourage; to cheer; to raise (the voice)
kapow; bang; bulging; filled to bursting; prostitute (catering to Occupation soldiers in Japan after WWII)
to expand; to swell (out); to get big; to become inflated
siege; encirclement; envelopment; surrounding; besiegement
earth; soil; the earth (historically, esp. as opposed to the heavens); the ground; low-quality torinoko-gami (containing mud); (period of) refraining from construction in the direction of the god of the earth (in Onmyōdō)
inexperienced; immature; green; grassy-smelling; smelling of raw vegetation
rugged; scraggy; angular; gnarled
to be fed up (with); to be tired (of); to be stumped; to be nonplussed; to wince; to shrink back
minute (unit of time); fun (one tenth of a monme, 5.787 grains)
to distinguish; to recognize; to recognise; to tell apart; to differentiate
space; interval; space character; whitespace
to mask; to cover; to cloak; to hide; to conceal
crevice; crack; spare moment; interval; chink (in one's armor, armour); unpreparedness
to insert; to put in; to have a griping pain; to flow in; to shine in
to rise; to raise up; to straighten up; to sit up; to stand up
to lurk; to be hidden; to be concealed; to lie dormant; to be latent
to resolve; to ready (oneself); to make up one's mind
crude; rough; plain; humble; shabby
to wear extra clothes; to dress formally
paints; painting material
to bedaub (with paint); to besmear; to paint heavily; to spread thickly
sunburn; suntan; tan; becoming discolored from the sun (e.g. paper); yellowing
gender; distinction of sex; sex
round; circular; curved; smooth; harmonious; calm
to do up (hair); to dress; to arrange; to tie; to bind; to fasten
tough; hard; determined; strong-minded; strong (e.g. sunlight, alcohol); severe
bleaching; bleached cotton; doxxing; doxing; public humiliation (as an Edo period punishment)
unconsciously; unwittingly; unawares
energy; vigour; vigor; liveliness; spirit; life
so; like this; in this way
to be crowded with people; to be bustling with; to prosper; to flourish; to do thriving business
number of times; frequency; count
(something) has never occurred; to have never done (something); such a thing has not happened; never happens; there is never a time when
cat (esp. the domestic cat, Felis catus); shamisen; geisha; wheelbarrow; clay bed-warmer; bottom; submissive partner of a homosexual relationship