Meanings
Noun
1. bill; bill of sale; payment invoice
2. tab (for later payment); credit
3. contact move (in go); direct attack to an enemy stone
4. sound effect produced by striking with clappers a wooden board in kabuki
5. letter
6. reason; motive; pretext
7. one's fortune; one's luck
Kanji used
attach
Pitch accent
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Used in vocabulary (159 in total)
to add (one thing to another); to add (a few more words, an explanation, etc.)
seasoning; flavour; flavor
root; joint; base; crotch
pressure; clamping; tightening; fastening
to add (to); to add on; to append
(stand to) attention!; standing at attention
equipment; provision
to take advantage (of somebody's weaknesses, carelessness, etc.); to impose on
decoration; arrangement
to take advantage of; to impose on; to make an entry (in an account book)
buying; purchasing
choreography; dance composition; dance coaching
thin veneer; hasty preparation; knowledge or skill learned as a stopgap; re-tempering a dull sword (so that it looks as if it's sharp, but is actually unusable)
garnish (e.g. vegetables with a meat dish); trimmings; fixings; relish
care of (e.g. address on letter); c/o; encouragement; bringing around; stimulant; tonic
reception (desk); information desk; receipt; acceptance
arrangement of food (on a dish); serving of (arranged) food
to prowl after; to keep watch on
to renew; to replace; to change for; to attach anew
imposition (i.e. of rules, of a decision); compulsion
vegetables or fish boiled in soy sauce
out of control; out of hand; unmanageable; nothing one can do
unnatural; artificial; false; forced (e.g. smile); empty (e.g. compliments)
arson; incendiarism
affixing; pasting; sticking
to follow; to shadow; to hanker after; to hover around
to repair again; to join again
fitting (e.g. door, window); fit; succession; continuation; series
placement; fixed position; mapping out; location
to take advantage of someone's kindness or patience; to get carried away; to be elated; to get puffed up (with pride); to push one's luck; to get cocky
installation; mounting; furnishing; run (on a bank); bank run
ceramics painting; porcelain painting; painting on china
something done out of spite; snide remark; insinuation; innuendo; dig
replacement
deposit; earnest money
fitting (e.g. door, window); fit
addition; appendix; supplement; postscript
starching (e.g. clothes); pasting; gluing (e.g. paper, a letter)
leaving a device on (e.g. TV, air conditioner); leaving something engaged (e.g. a key in a lock)
out of control; out of hand; unmanageable
coloring; colouring; adding color; adding colour
gift; present; tip; bribe
built-in; fixed; attached
chaperoning; monitoring someone's behaviour; watchdog; chaperone; watcher
blameless; above reproach; beyond reproach; faultless; perfect
difficult to say which of the two is better; hard to tell which is better; (there is) little to choose between them
false moustache
to add (one thing to another); to add (a few more words, an explanation, etc.)
fitting (e.g. door, window); fit
you're lying; yeah, right; liar; fibber
way of affixing something; way of recording something (to a logbook, etc.)
printing (e.g. photos); glazing; enamelling; baking
netsuke; carved toggle used to tether a small container to the sash of a robe
affixing; pasting; sticking
(to aim at) a weak point
focus of one's attention; what one is looking for
convulsions
bookkeeping; bookkeeper
approach (to a castle gate); front of a structural member
(doing something) regardless of expense
false eyelashes
bid; offer
by and by; before long
maneuver to draw a sword from its scabbard and cut immediately
installation; mounting; furnishing; run (on a bank); bank run
to prowl after; to keep watch on
dyeing; printing; blue and white ceramics (china, porcelain)
built-in; fixed; attached
addition; pretext
bill collector for the night's entertainment; followers
leaving a device on (e.g. TV, air conditioner); leaving something engaged (e.g. a key in a lock)
dip pen; nib pen
difficult to say which of the two is better; hard to tell which is better; (there is) little to choose between them
door-to-door entertainment; door-to-door entertainer; strolling musician; street musician
pagination (printing)
in various ways; in all sorts of ways; at every opportunity; whenever there is a chance
to repair again; to join again
method of patterning traditional Japanese clothing (the tops of all of patterns being pointed at the highest part of the shoulder)
you're lying; yeah, right; liar; fibber
tacking (in needlework); basting; planting (esp. rice seedlings); discipline; training
(doing something) regardless of expense
allotment; assignment; allocation; distribution; layout; editing
selling; foisting; pushing
printing (e.g. photos); glazing; enamelling; baking
to renew; to replace; to change for; to attach anew
blameless; above reproach; beyond reproach; faultless; perfect
dipping sauce
attaching a sleeve to the body of a shirt; sleeve seam
stencil printing (on cloth)
technique of holding one's opponent's arm to prevent him from getting a hold on one's belt
child's sash
to take advantage of someone's kindness or patience; to get carried away; to be elated; to get puffed up (with pride); to push one's luck; to get cocky
unnatural; artificial; false; forced (e.g. smile); empty (e.g. compliments)
stencil printing (on cloth)
show of courage
blackening the face
regular; usual; favourite; favorite; preferred; accustomed
regular; usual; favourite; favorite; preferred; accustomed
chaperoning; monitoring someone's behaviour; watchdog; chaperone; watcher
no matter what it is; in every case
cold Chinese noodles accompanied by soup for dipping
allotment; assignment; allocation; distribution; layout; editing
dish broiled in a mix of soy sauce, mirin, etc.; broiling with soy sauce, mirin, etc.
pomade; pomatum; hair oil
bill; account; very successful amateur wrestler, allowed to start professional career in makushita division
with rice stuck on one's face
one's regular taxi
imposition (printing); laying out page order; assembly (e.g. of components)
counter in a sushi restaurant
hairpiece; fall; false coiffure
you're lying; yeah, right; liar; fibber
you're lying; yeah, right; liar; fibber
arrangement of food (on a dish); serving of (arranged) food
you're lying; yeah, right; liar; fibber
you're lying; yeah, right; liar; fibber
without preparation; off the cuff; unreserved; without restraint; beginning; start
false eyelashes
family physician; family doctor
you'll have to pay for it; the bill will come due; there's no escaping
dipping sauce
personal; family
to one's face; in one's presence
to follow; to shadow; to hanker after; to hover around
hairpiece; fall; false coiffure
imposition (printing); laying out page order; assembly (e.g. of components)
entry; booking
with steady steps; with one's feet planted on the ground
broth; soup (esp. miso soup)
omission in a bill
omission in a bill
to neglect to make an entry in a ledger
tile setting; laying tiles
wooden blocks used as clappers (kabuki)
broth; soup (esp. miso soup)
to buy on credit
wooden board used for sounding clappers (kabuki)
indigo-colored ceramics; indigo-patterned cloth
without preparation; off the cuff; unreserved; without restraint; beginning; start
dipping sauce
dipping sauce
dipping sauce
personal; family
Examples (1 in total)
Cornstarch is good for thickening soup.