to talk about; to speak of; to recite; to chant; to indicate; to show
within the story (of a book, play, film, etc.)
unnatural; artificial; affected; strained
valid; effective; yuko (judo)
in the future; another day; later
time; season; period; phase; stage
to dance (orig. a hopping dance)
skill; dexterity; proficiency
always conducting oneself as though one were on a battlefield; being combat ready at all times (of a person)
kind; cordial; hospitable; serious (of an illness)
(religious) faith; belief; creed
omission; abbreviation; abridgment; abridgement
a lot; lots; enough; sufficient; enough; too many
characteristic; traditional; peculiar; inherent; native; eigen-
very young; little; childish; immature
disaster; calamity; misfortune; trouble; woes
scale (of fish, snake, etc.); serif (on kana or kanji (e.g. in Mincho font))
mention (in a document); record; entry; statement; listing
arrest; apprehension; capture
cleaning; clean-up; garbage collection; scavenging
felling timber; cutting down trees; logging; lumbering
harvest; crop; ingathering; fruits (of one's labors); gain; result
reclamation (e.g. wasteland); cultivation; development; pioneering; opening up (e.g. new market); breaking new ground
washing; laundry; relaxing; taking a break
camping; campground; making camp
manual labor; manual labour; toil; Labour Party
bribe; sweetener; douceur
hidden (talents, etc.); self-concealment; self-effacement
lack of expression; blank look (on one's face)
explanation; excuse; clarification; vindication; apology
commerce; trade; business
national language; Japanese language (often as a school subject in Japan); native Japanese words (as opposed to loanwords)
loss (of something); disadvantage; mistake; error; flaw; defect