(mind and) spirit; life energy; vitality; essence
to come out; to fall out; to fade; to discolour; to wear a hole (e.g. clothes); to leave (e.g. a meeting); to be clear
trade; business; occupation; profession; job
ups and downs; bobbing up and down; rising and falling; ebbing and flowing
essential part; indispensable part; unavoidable part; front and back matter (of a book, magazine, etc.)
(arch.) person of high rank; (arch.) nobleman; wife of a nobleman
implantation; support; establishment
position; location; base; point; site
volume (of book); reel (of film); scroll (of books or paintings); roll (paper, etc.)
an act done for one's own benefit
panel; wainscoting; wainscotting; plight; fix; bind
responsibility; duty; obligation
language; dialect; word; phrase; speech; (manner of) speaking
interest (on a loan, deposit, etc.)
banishment (to a location far from the capital); the harshest of the three banishment punishments under the ritsuryo system
property; assets; fortune
contrary to one's wishes; gone awry; gone amiss; short of money; in financial difficulty
person who has rendered distinguished service
flow of time; flux of time; lapse of time; current of the times; trend of the times
responsibility; liability; blame; torture; torment; persecution
to carry on one's back; to be burdened with; to take responsibility for; to have (something) in the background; to be in front (of something); to be conceited
poor; pitiable; pathetic; pitiful
bill; bill of sale; tab (for later payment); credit; contact move (in go); direct attack to an enemy stone; sound effect produced by striking with clappers a wooden board in kabuki
to pay (e.g. money, bill); to brush off; to wipe away; to drive away (e.g. one's competitors); to sell off (something unneeded); to dispose of; to pay (e.g. attention)
to flap (wings); to spread one's wings; to go out into the world
vast; limitless; boundless
sparkle of one's eyes; insight; discernment; penetration
to stub out (e.g. a cigarette); to crush out; to smother (fire); to hush up; to cover up; to stifle
to surpass; to outstrip; to excel
fear; horror; anxiety; concern; uneasiness; reverence
emergency; accident; rare possibility; unexpected occurrence
to come back; to bloom a second time
one's turn; one's shift; one's turn on stage; screen time; screentime
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
lasting long; continuation; keeping at (something); sticking to (something)
portable shrine (carried in festivals); palanquin; buttocks; lower back
festival; feast; harassment by an Internet pitchfork mob; online shaming; galore (as in "goals galore"); frenzy
to shoulder; to carry on one's shoulder; to nominate for a position; to choose as a representative; to take (someone) for a ride; to deceive
cast-off skin (snake, insect, etc.); husk; empty shell; exuvia; exuviae
to turn; to shift; to alter; to distract