building; construction; group effort by Buddhist practitioners; group activities by a community (e.g. cleaning, etc.)
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
honour; honor; glory; privilege
when it comes to ...; if one were to speak of ...; by ... you mean ...; when you say ... you mean that ...; whenever ...; if it's ... then (without fail)
to drink up; to drain (cup)
continent; continental Asia (esp. mainland China); continental Europe
to change; to swap; to change the object of one's interest or focus; to spend or take time; to infect; to permeate something with the smell or colour of something; to move on to the next or different stage of (a plan, etc.)
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
calculation; reckoning; count; forecast
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
to let out; to utter; to issue; to send; to leave; to depart
just like that; quite so; I agree; (lit.) that street
character (of a person); personality; disposition; characteristics; nature (of a thing, event, etc.)
where; which; anyway; anyhow; sooner or later; eventually
to build up; to establish; to form; to become (a state); to accomplish; to achieve; to change into
honest; frank; candid; honestly; frankly
frank; candid; straightforward; openhearted; direct; outspoken
mind; heart; spirit; the meaning of a phrase (riddle, etc.)
union; alliance; combination; RENGO (Japanese Trade Union Confederation)
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
unity; consolidation; uniformity; unification; compatible
by all means; at any cost; whether (one is) willing or not; willingly or unwillingly; on no account; by no means
Metropolis (of Tokyo); (Tokyo) Metropolitan District; counter for cities and towns; capital
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
place; situation; position; location
adds force or indicates command
literally; to the letter; literal
birth; creation; formation
once; one time; temporarily; for a moment; one degree; one tone
-ing and -ing (e.g. "coming and going"); doing such things as...; expresses a command; (arch.) to be; (arch.) indicates completion or continuation of an action
even; even if; even though; because of; on the grounds that
(something) has never occurred; to have never done (something); such a thing has not happened; never happens; there is never a time when
if anything; conversely; putting it the other way around; coming at it from the opposite angle
conquest; domination; mastery
capital (esp. Kyoto, Japan's former capital); seat of government; capital (of music, fashion, etc.); city (e.g. of light); location of the Imperial Palace
consequence; outcome; result; blame