pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
severe; strict; hard (to do); difficult; intense (e.g. cold); harsh (weather)
guidance; leadership; instruction; shido (minor penalty in judo)
to perform; to do; to conduct oneself; to carry out
to go; to move (towards); to move through; to travel across; to go (well, badly, etc.); to proceed; to do (in a particular way)
fighting scene; scene of carnage (bloodshed); location of the fight between the Asuras and Shakra; difficulties (in a love relationship); crunch time (esp. for cartoonists)
many; much; plenty; hardly
to go through; to pass through; to struggle through; to get through (difficulties, danger, etc.); to escape (through the cordon)
result; consequence; consequently; as a result; as a result of; following
indiscriminately; blindly; at random; indiscriminate; random; excessive
burly; strong; indomitable; indefatigable; robust (vitality, appetite, economic growth, etc.); strong
the three princesses; three kabuki roles regarded as some of the hardest to perform
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
the Four Books and Five Classics of Confucianism; the Nine Chinese Classics
memorization; memorisation; learning by heart
to break; to be smashed; to split; to crack; to be divided (opinion, vote, etc.); to split (e.g. of a party); to come to light
medal; shield; card on which dharani (etc.) are written; notice board (in a Zen temple); tile (mahjong, dominos, etc.)
dance (esp. Western style); dancing
stout; corpulent; plump; voluptuous
entering the priesthood; priest; monk; bonze
childhood friend; friend from infancy; old playmate
space (between); gap; period of time (during, while); duration; between (two parties or things); among (a group); relations (between)
to profit; to get; to have (bear, beget) a child; to have a stroke of luck
face; visage; look; (facial) expression; honor (honour); face; influence
smallpox; variola; vaccination against smallpox; pockmarks (left by smallpox)
trace; tracks; site; remains; scar
light; bright; bright (colour); cheerful; bright; bright (future, prospects, etc.); rosy
as (for); for; in the capacity of
to be better (than); to be superior; to surpass; to excel; to be excellent
illustration; picture; sketch; drawing; figure
thin-culmed dwarf bamboo (growing in clusters); Japanese transverse bamboo flute (high-pitched; usu. with seven holes); sliver (strand of loose fibers)
to float; to become merry; to be cheerful; to become loose; to become unsteady; to feel out of it; to be cut off (e.g. from those around you)
binding (of a book); design (of a book cover)
text (of a book, document, etc.); body (of a letter); this passage; this sentence
proofreading; calibration
Fukushima (city, prefecture)