to tell; to inform; to announce; to indicate; to signal; to mark
in comparison to; rather than
flight; desertion; escape
to move (house); to transfer (department); to change the target of interest or concern; to elapse (passage of time); to be permeated by a colour or scent; to be infected
interpenetration of spirit between the poet and nature in a haiku
posture; pose; position; attitude; approach; stance
to hang up (e.g. a coat, a picture on the wall); to let hang; to put on (e.g. a blanket); to put on top of; to put on (glasses, etc.); to wear (a necklace, etc.); to make (a call)
line; stripe; line (e.g. telephone line); wire; ray (e.g. X-ray); beam; line (e.g. of a railroad)
to draw; to paint; to depict; to describe; to picture in one's mind; to imagine
(cross) section (e.g. in a drawing); cutting plane
to go to bed; to be sick in bed; to be laid up
falling down; tumbling; reversing; inverting; getting upset
to avoid (physical contact with); to avoid (situation); to ward off; to avert; to put aside; to move out of the way
previously; before; first; before (something or someone else); beforehand; in advance
finally; at last; barely; narrowly; gradually; little by little
one long cylindrical thing; one film, TV show, etc.; one version; one book; a certain book; ippon; one point
to overlook; to command a view of; to look down on; to despise; to look down on
side; beside; feature of a sword blade
warrior (esp. of military retainers of daimyos in the Edo period); samurai; (arch.) man in attendance (on a person of high standing); (arch.) retainer
yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
to vomit; to throw up; to emit; to send forth; to give (an opinion); to make (a comment)
well done!; good job!; good work!; you did it!; bravo!
to mince; to cut fine; to carve; to engrave; to tick away (time); to beat out (e.g. rhythm); to etch (into one's mind)
head; hair (on one's head); mind; brains; leader; chief; top
to smile with one's whole face; to squint
to ring; to sound; to be popular; to be esteemed; to state; to insist
to dwell; to live; to stay at; to take shelter at; to be pregnant; to be part of a constellation
to stroke; to caress; to brush gently; to comb (hair); to smooth down
round; circular; curved; smooth; harmonious; calm
part of the feet from the ankles to the tips of the toes
to sleep (lying down); to go to bed; to lie in bed; to lie down; to sleep (with someone, i.e. have intercourse); to lie flat (e.g. of hair); to lie idle (of funds, stock, etc.)
to send (a thing); to dispatch; to take or escort (a person somewhere); to see off (a person); to bid farewell (to the departed); to bury; to spend (time)
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
black and white; monochrome; good and evil; right and wrong; guilt and innocence
red; crimson; red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange); Red (i.e. communist); red light (traffic); red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading); (in) the red
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)