child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young (animal); young woman; offshoot
change; alteration; substitute; rate of exchange
as (e.g. "do as one is told", "as we age we gain wisdom"); wherever (e.g. "wherever my fancy took me")
eggs; egg; (hen's) egg; (an expert) in the making; beginning; origin
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
to rot; to go bad; to corrode; to weather; to become useless; to blunt; to become depraved
to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk
pink (colour, color); (lit.) colour of peach (flowers)
lizard; skink lizard (Scincidae spp.)
to seem to be ...; to become like ...; to behave as ...
bird; bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry
to have (e.g. lunch); to take (e.g. vitamins)
basket (shopping, etc.); hamper; cage
interior; inside; internal
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
young bird; chick; fledgling; hina doll; doll displayed during the Girls' Festival
young bird; chick; fledgling; hina doll; doll displayed during the Girls' Festival
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to cease; to stop
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
I; me; oneself; (arch.) you; (arch.) prefix indicating familiarity or contempt
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent
seems; I think; I guess; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
to stick into (of something with a sharp point); to prick; to pierce; to resonate emotionally; to move
needle; pin; hook; stinger; thorn; hand (e.g. clock, etc.); pointer
scoring combination of a 9 and a 1 in oicho-kabu
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
to blow fiercely; to rage; (arch.) to play (a flute, etc.) for fun
method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
flake; lamella (of bone); foil (of metal); flat, thin slice of a material
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to bark; to howl; to howl (e.g. of the wind); to roar; to yell; to cry
greatly energetic; ferocious; extreme; severe
height; stature; length (esp. of clothing); all (one has); everything; magnificence (of a waka poem, etc.)
north; the North; northern territories; North Korea; (arch.) north wind