palace; tonic (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); ancient Chinese punishment (castration for men, or confinement for women); zodiacal sign
treasure house; storage for valuable property
trade; business; occupation; profession; job
innocence; being not guilty
to run (a business); to operate; to carry out; to perform; to hold (a Buddhist or Shinto ceremony)
to get torn; to tear; to rip; to be broken off (of negotiations, etc.); to break down; to collapse
to unravel; to untie; to break into small pieces (of fish, meat, etc.); to relax; to ease
coming; going; being (somewhere); come; go; stay
evacuation; withdrawal; revocation; repeal; retreat
intelligence; intellect; brains
mode of life; ecology; (animal) territory
the "ha" column of the Japanese syllabary table (ha, hi, fu, he, ho)
chewiness; firmness; feel of food while being chewed; challenge (e.g. work, book); toughness
impatient; tantalized; tantalised; irritated; chagrined; chagrinned
to rearrange (classes); to recompose; to reset; to recombine (genes)
transforming oneself; taking on another form; disguising oneself; artificial fly (for fishing)
to come unstuck from; to peel off; to come off
whether one likes it or not; whether willing or not; willy-nilly
charm; incantation; spell; magic formula
sorcery; black magic; netherworld; world outside the six realms where evil spirits roam
spell (that restricts one's movements); binding spell
to run counter to; to go against; to disobey; to infringe
disaster; calamity; misfortune; trouble; woes
to get lost; to lose one's bearings; to be puzzled; to be perplexed; to be tempted; to be seduced
to have the (full, general) selection available; to have (a lineup) from A to Z; to have the full array of
rise and fall; ups and downs; shame and glory; bright side and dark side; (lit.) light and shadow
to leave behind; to put off; to postpone
pretext; history; past; according to ...; ... says
to offer; to propose; to suggest; to put forward; to request; to ask (for)
good; OK; all right; fine; very well; will do
requital of a favour (favor); repayment (of an obligation, kindness, etc.)
you must be kidding; hey, come on!; surely not!
to change; to alter; to run counter to; to go against; to make a mistake (in); to err
way of speaking; intimation
munching; devouring; gobbling up; (arch.) shaggy; (arch.) disheveled; (arch.) unkempt
my; one's own; I ...; one ...
good fortune (esp. omikuji fortune-telling result); good luck; auspiciousness; unspecified day of the month (used to obscure the date a letter, invitation, etc. was written)
bad luck; bad fortune; evil; wickedness
in terms of; from the point of view of
useless; no good; hopeless