to show mercy; to show sympathy; to have compassion; to be kind
insufficiency; deficiency; shortage; dissatisfaction; discontent; complaint
elder sister; effeminate man
to forbid; to ban; to prohibit; to suppress (a feeling, laughter, etc.); to hold back (e.g. tears)
amount of sugar; sugar content
isn't it (that) different (from usual, from what one could expect, etc.)?; isn't that wrong?; no, that's wrong; it's not like that; that's not the case
to come apart at the seams; to be ripped; to begin to open; to begin to bloom; to smile broadly; to break into a smile
ability; competency; talent; skill; capacity
careless; sloppy; faulty; using unreliable sources (in a piece of writing); piece of writing with unreliable sources or many errors
to avoid misfortune; to escape danger
re-education; retraining; in-service training
to flip-flop; to do an about-face; (lit.) to flip over one's hand; to do something easy
to alter one's state of consciousness; to change one's mindset; to change one's attitude
smiling; beaming; radiant; bright; cheerful
buttercream sandwich cookie
receipt; cash-register slip
kamidana; household shrine; home shrine
harmonious; peaceful; congenial; friendly; happy
to begin a trip; to depart; to embark; to die; to pass away; to depart this life
for some reason or other; somehow; whatsitsname; what-you-call-it; and so on; and you know the rest
laid-back; carefree; easygoing; thoughtless; happy-go-lucky
commemoration; celebration; remembrance; memento; souvenir; keepsake
taking; taker; last performer of the day (usu. the star performer); last performance of the day; active partner (e.g. in judo demonstration); emphatic or formal prefix
voice; speech; phone (as opposed to a phoneme); speech sound; audio; sound (as opposed to the picture)
trip; excursion; (drug) trip; entering another world (in fantasy fiction); tripcode (hash code of a password, used for signing posts anonymously on imageboards)
massage (esp. anma, a traditional form of Japanese massage); masseur; masseuse; (arch.) blind person
collection of words or drawings by several people on a single sheet of paper
burr (e.g. on a machined edge)
than; rather than; instead of; from; since; except
priest; (arch.) member of one of the four administrative ranks in the ritsuryō system; (arch.) government official in charge of a town, esp. in Heian Kyoto; (arch.) prominent member of a town; river boatman; captain of a riverboat; (arch.) (medieval) harbor manager
to bring (someone) back home; to take (someone) back home
model; (good) example; exemplar; model handwriting; model drawing; copybook
extension; elongation; (total) length; extension (e.g. of one's work); continuation; extension (of a line segment); extension (property of occupying space)
to be given; to be granted; to be honored with; to give; to bestow; to confer
(your) words; what you say; what you have said; a few words (of welcome, advice, etc.)