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)
return gift; return favour (favor); revenge; change (in a cash transaction)
edge (of a knife or sword); prong (of an electrical plug)
light (e.g. aircraft, truck); light motor vehicle (up to 660cc and 64bhp); kei car
method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
pink; erotic (usually used in relation to the sex industry); blue; pornographic
bear (any mammal of family Ursidae)
fungus; germ; bacterium; bacillus
metallic sound; metallic clank
to knock down; to knock off
blade; sword; forged blade; wavy pattern on forged blades; sharpness; unhulled rice
skilled person; capable person; doer; performer; giver; bestower
casual; doing something without taking it too seriously
speech; words; one's lines; remarks
gear; speed (e.g. 4-speed transmission)
hail (esp. hailballs under 5 mm); graupel; dicing; small cubes; roasted mochi pieces (usu. flavoured with soy sauce, etc.)
coincident with; while; simultaneously
off the top of one's head; from thin air; from memory
split; division; break up
to increase; to add to; to augment
rain; rainy day; rainy weather; the November suit (in hanafuda)
to rain incessantly; to downpour
umbrella; parasol; something shaped like an umbrella or a conical hat; shade (of a lamp); mushroom cap
leaving a decision to someone else (often of a meal to be selected by the chef); omakase
one arm; one's right-hand man; one's right hand
adsorption; adhesion (by suction); attachment; sticking to
to manufacture; to produce; to raise (crops); to invent; to dream up; to create
to live under another's roof; to become a dependent on; to flatten oneself (against); to lean in close to
dark night; moonless night
because of; owing to; due to
visual confirmation; sighting
difficult to ...; hard to ...
thunderous roar; roaring sound
to groan; to moan; to roar; to howl; to hum (engine, wind, etc.); to buzz; to ooh and aah (in admiration)
to pour into (liquids); to pump into
to stab; to thrust (into); to plant (in the ground); to stick upright
surface of the earth; ground surface
to meet; to assemble; to congregate
to pierce through; to stand (of something sharp or pointy); to thrust (up)
form; shape; state; condition; letter; correspondence
power; might; authority; influence
to dance (orig. a whirling dance); to flutter about; to revolve