earth; ground; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements)
to live; to get along; to spend (time)
place; location; room; space; basho; wrestling tournament
to be hit; to strike; to touch; to be in contact; to be equivalent to; to be applicable; to be right on the money (of a prediction, criticism, etc.)
heart; guts; nerve; central part
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
to avoid (physical contact with); to avoid (situation); to ward off; to avert; to put aside; to move out of the way
battle; fight; war; struggle; conflict
elevation (of spirits); raising (of morale); uplift; upsurge
to cease; to stop; to be over
to pass (of time); to elapse
to be stormy; to be rough; to be rough (of skin); to be chapped; to be ruined; to fall into ruin
to come and stay; to drop in; to visit
to prepare; to provide; to set up; to establish; to organize
to go through; to pass through; to struggle through; to get through (difficulties, danger, etc.); to escape (through the cordon)
blue; azure; green; pale; gray; unripe
to wear (in modern Japanese, from the shoulders down); to put on; to bear (guilt, etc.)
clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.
suitable; appropriate; becoming; fitting
to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to delete; to erase
to clasp; to grasp; to hold (the answer); to have (e.g. the solution); to seize (power); to hold (the reins)
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
to match (rhythm, speed, etc.); to join together; to unite; to face; to be opposite (someone); to compare; to check with
two (long cylindrical things)
disagreeable; detestable; unpleasant; reluctant
presentiment; premonition; hunch; to have a premonition; to have a hunch
to wield; to brandish; to display (one's knowledge); to show off; to abuse (one's power); to manipulate someone
kneeling down on the ground; prostrate oneself
force; vigor; influence; authority; impetus; momentum
request; favour (to ask); wish; please
since then; from that time; ever since
almost every day; almost daily
house; home; one's house; one's home; one's husband
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
to press down; to hold down; to pin down; to suppress (feelings, disorder, opposition, etc.); to repress
therefore; consequently; accordingly; for that reason
kapow; bang; bulging; filled to bursting; prostitute (catering to Occupation soldiers in Japan after WWII)
to rise to the surface; to surface; to stand out (e.g. against a background)
because of; owing to; due to
misunderstanding; mistaken idea; wrong guess