to keep (a pet or other animal); to have; to own; to raise; to rear; to feed
to become attached; to begin to love
aloof; proudly independent; standing apart; solitary
to suit; to match; to become; to be like
lonely; lonesome; solitary; desolate
early; soon; quickly; swiftly; rapidly
tuck (e.g. in a dress); rise (e.g. in price)
to get fed up with; to get sick of; to become disgusted with
performing a part in one's own play; playing a musical piece that one has written; doing everything by oneself (from preparation to execution); put-up job; charade; sock-puppeting (i.e. pretending to be more than one person on the Internet)
to do completely; to do accidentally; to do without meaning to; to happen to do
village; hamlet; countryside; country; home (of one's parents, etc.); hometown
one move (in go, shogi, etc.); only way; only means; doing alone; doing single-handed
like this; in this way; as you see
dropping in on the way; stopping off at; making a side trip; going the long way round; making a detour
this area; around here; this point; this much; this extent
(not) ever; (not) at all; (not) on any account; deepest bottom of the earth
hostel; dormitory; (arch.) bureau (government department beneath a ministry under the ritsuryo system); (arch.) tea-ceremony room; (arch.) villa
assistance; support; subsidy; supplement; auxiliary; subsidiary
attachment; adhesion; tenacity; fixation; obsession
to profit; to benefit from; to take advantage of; to make good use of
party; group; crew; company (of troops); corps; unit
material (for a story, article, etc.); information; joke; jest; proof; evidence; (magician's) trick
bag; satchel; briefcase; basket
to hold in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to have (problems, debts, etc.); to take on (a responsibility); to employ; to have (on one's staff)
preliminary arrangements; spade work
notebook; copy-book; note; noting down; (musical) note; laptop (computer)
sprinkling (of rain, salt, etc.); pattering; flipping (through a book, etc.); riffling; sparse; scattered
letter (of alphabet); character; writing
what; so-and-so; such and such; what?; wait; well, well
to meet; to assemble; to congregate
lightweight fabric or clothing; silk gauze; thin silk; Latin (language)
reason; logic; sense; natural way of things
wind; breeze; manner; behaviour; cold; influenza
ability; competency; talent; skill; capacity
national language; Japanese language (often as a school subject in Japan); native Japanese words (as opposed to loanwords)
discharge; outward flow; efflux; leak of (private) information or pictures
to create; to bring forth; to invent; to think up and bring into being; to give birth to; to bear