query; interrogation; enquiry; question; inquiry
meaningfully (smiling, grinning, etc.); suggestively; broadly; sneeringly
example; illustration; precedent
look!; look out!; hey!; look at me!; there you are!
sleepy; drowsy; somnolent
temporary; provisional; fictitious; assumed (name); hypothetical; theoretical
morning; breakfast; (arch.) next morning
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
care-taking; house-sitting; house-watching; caretaker; house-sitter
valid; proper; right; appropriate; reasonable
regrettable; unsatisfactory; deplorable; lamentable
declaration; indication; representation; manifestation; demonstration; expression
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
authorization; authorisation; acknowledgment; acknowledgement; certification; recognition
difference; variation; difference
breast; chest; pit of the stomach; solar plexus; epigastrium
growth period; growing season
breathing of a sleeping person
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.)
laughing a ringing laugh; having a hearty laugh; roaring with laughter
fortitude; firmness of character; hardihood; manliness
with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous
rod; pole; stick; fishing rod
cat (esp. the domestic cat, Felis catus); shamisen; geisha; wheelbarrow; clay bed-warmer; bottom; submissive partner of a homosexual relationship
evil; wickedness; (role of) the villain (in theatre, etc.); the bad guy
tradition; legend; folklore
red bean paste; red bean jam; filling (e.g. of a manjū); stuffing; padding
educational facility established in affiliation with a government agency
junior (at work, school, etc.); younger people; younger student
to screw up; to put the screws on (a person); to constrict (someone, something)
outward appearance; ostensible; public; official
by nature; by birth; naturally; natural; innate
true; real; genuine; proper; utter
potentiality; likelihood; possibility; availability
curse; spell; malediction
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)
to point; to nominate; to select someone; to identify; to indicate; to play (a game of shogi)
secret language; jargon; cant; argot; slang
small fraction; small proportion
being lost for words; becoming speechless; jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables)
of course; certainly; naturally
it is not (like that) either
without change; as is; just like; extremely similar; immediately; just after
instead; but (on the other hand)