not going (well); not proceeding (as one wishes); bad; not good; hopeless; beyond hope
life; life force; lifetime; lifespan; most important thing; foundation
red light (traffic); red light; signal to stop; sign of danger
society; public; community; social studies
to subsist; to keep on living
roar of laughter (from multiple people); burst of laughter; uproarious laughter; laughing hard (of a single person)
all present; all concerned; all of us
private joke; inside joke
judgment; judgement; divination; judgement
straight ball (pitch); direct (e.g. question); blunt
really; truly; indeed; good grief
feature; trait; characteristic; peculiarity; distinction
family circle; one's circle (of friends, co-workers, etc.); private matters; internal affairs; conservative (e.g. estimate); moderate
to one's heart's content; as much as one likes; without reserve; freely; to the full
to make (the best) use of; to put to good use; to leverage (skills, attributes, experience, etc.); to restore (a deleted passage; in proofreading)
material (for a story, article, etc.); information; joke; jest; proof; evidence; (magician's) trick
choice; selection; option
imitation (of someone, something); impersonation; (vocal) mimicry
thrust; charge; digging into (a matter); depth; straight man (of a comedy duo); quip; gibe
Shima (former province located at the eastern tip of present-day Mie Prefecture)
fool; idiot; dotage; senility; touched in the head (from); out of it (from)
sweat; perspiration; moisture; condensation; gulp; oops
to wipe; to mop up; to get rid of (an impression, feeling, blemish, etc.); to dispel (e.g. shame); to erase
day in question; appointed day; that very day; the day (of issue, publication, etc.)
sharp (knife, claws, etc.); pointed; sharp (pain, tone, etc.); acute; keen (intuition, sense of smell, etc.); acute
thousand years; thousand generations; thousand ages; eternity
unskillful; poor; awkward; imprudent; untactful
south wind tile; winning hand with a pung (or kong) of south wind tiles
suffixed to words indicating a class of people to create a plural (esp. in impolite contexts)
guest seating (e.g. theater, stadium); passenger seat (e.g. taxi); audience
all you want; as much as one wants
to grow hot (e.g. water); to boil; to get excited (at); to erupt (in applause, cheering, etc.); to ferment; to melt (of metal)
place for dancing; dance floor; landing (of a staircase); leveling off (e.g. in the economy); cooling off
embarrassing; embarrassed; ashamed; disgraceful; shameful
second-year student; second-year pupil; biennial; biennial plant
animation; animated film; animated cartoon; anime
culture; civilization; civilisation; Bunka era (1804.2.11-1818.4.22)
certain; one; (arch.) I; (arch.) me
Vocaloid; singing voice synthesis software, or a humanoid persona voiced by such software