role; assignment; position (of responsibility); post; part (in a play, film, etc.); role
to be perturbed; to be agitated
sleek; smooth; thin (of a liquid); without hesitation or delay
intimidation; threat; bluster
to drain; to pour; to wash away; to distribute (e.g. electricity over wires, music over a PA system, etc.); to circulate; to cruise (e.g. taxi); to float
to keep a promise; to keep one's word
it doesn't matter what; anything is fine
language; dialect; word; phrase; speech; (manner of) speaking
to forget; to leave carelessly; to be forgetful of; to forget about; to forget (an article)
hand; arm; forepaw; foreleg; handle; hand; worker
to release; to let go; to free; to add (pieces of eggplant, potato, etc.) to water, broth, etc.
to leave behind; to put off; to postpone
fine weather; fair weather
clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.
to shine; to look slightly upward (of a noh mask; indicating joy, etc.)
sunlight; rays of the Sun
warm; mild; warm (of a colour); mellow; having enough money
to feel; to sense; to experience
pole on which to hang laundry for drying; clothesline
to air; to dry; to drain (off); to drink up; to deprive of a role, job, etc.
to line up; to stand in a line; to rival; to match; to equal
one thin flat object; one sheet
to take out; to produce; to pick out; to fetch; to retrieve
to become empty; to be emptied
basket (shopping, etc.); hamper; cage
ago; since; before; previous
imagination; supposition; guess
living; life (one's daily existence); livelihood
everyday; daily; ordinary; usual; routine; regular
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder
nursing; (protective) care
house of parliament (congress, diet, etc.); graduate school; postgraduate school; institution (often medical); institutional building; sub-temple; minor temple building
to sell wholesale; to grate (e.g. vegetables); to cut up fish
female; woman; female sex; female lover; girlfriend; mistress
when one was a very young child; very early in one's life