spirit; sprite; energy; vigor (vigour); fine details; semen
fusuma; Japanese sliding screen
column; beam; girder; digit; decade; order of magnitude
duck; easy mark; sucker; sitting duck
seat; place; position; status; gathering; party; stand
highly virtuous monk; monk; Buddhist solitary; Buddhist missionary; saint (i.e. a virtuous person); (arch.) emperor; master
existing (at the present moment); alright; acceptable; to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to have
hut; house; boarding house; school dormitory; (arch.) one day's march (approx. 12.2 km)
voice; singing (of a bird); chirping (of an insect); voice; opinion (as expressed in words); sound; sense (of something's arrival)
anywhere; for all time; through thick and thin; come hell or high water; persistently; stubbornly
to shoot or fire off an arrow
assorted vegetables for sukiyaki (esp. green onion)
before long; soon; almost; nearly; finally; in the end
yes; that is correct; um; errr; huh?; grrr
as it is; as one likes; because; condition; state
paste similar to miso made from koji mold and salt water; watery mash left over from making soy sauce
zhen (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: thunder, east)
unidentified flying object; UFO
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest
Java water dropwort (Oenanthe javanica); Japanese parsley
fungus; germ; bacterium; bacillus
frog; kajika frog (Buergeria buergeri)
hot; warm; passionate; impassioned; on everybody's mind; on the radar
and then; and so; and; so then
thick; viscous; muddy; dirty (with oil, grease, etc.); to be in an ugly state (of emotions, relations, etc.); to be murky
sticky; gluey; gummy; stickiness; something sticky
appearing that; seeming that; looking like; having the appearance of
old man; venerable gentleman; venerable; old; father
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
price; cost; value; worth; value
to try and do something; to attempt to do something
hole; opening; pit; hollow; burrow; den; deficit
toilet; restroom; bathroom; lavatory
entirely; completely; cleanly; snugly
status; position; method; way; rule; regulation
vehicle; horse-drawn carriage
teacher; master; religious leader; specialist; (arch.) five-battalion brigade comprising 2500 men (Zhou-dynasty Chinese army)