level; standard; level (plane); floor; spirit level; (surveyor's) level
to look after; to take care of; to be put in charge of; to be given responsibility for; to withhold (an announcement); to reserve (judgment)
honour; honor; glory; privilege
thereabouts; vicinity; that area; that situation; those circumstances
last (i.e. immediately preceding); previous; pre- (e.g. premodern); before; before; earlier
proposal; proposition; suggestion
huh?; eh?; what?; oh; hey!; look!
Idu (archaic writing system that uses Chinese characters to represent the Korean language)
moisture; humidity; dampness
moss; short plants resembling moss (incl. other bryophytes, lichens, very small spermatophytes, etc.)
odour; odor; scent; aura; whiff; smacks of ...
koku; traditional unit of volume, approx. 180.4 litres; measure of a Japanese-style boat's loading capacity (approx. 278.26 liters)
bed; bedding; sickbed; alcove; riverbed; seedbed; straw "core" of a tatami mat
meeting; greeting; welcome
god of death; death deity; Death
because ...; for ...; the reason being ...; as for ...; when it comes to ...; regarding ...
talent; gift; function; noh (theatre)
perhaps; probably; generous; many; much
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
old body; aged person; elderly person
(your) words; what you say; what you have said; a few words (of welcome, advice, etc.)
to behave like a spoiled child; to fawn on; to take advantage of; to presume upon (e.g. another's benevolence); to depend on
question; inquiry; enquiry
to leave alone; to leave as is; to ignore; to neglect
how many years; how long; what year
very young; little; childish; immature
to correct; to rectify; to reform; to straighten (one's posture, collar, etc.); to adjust
rehabilitation; remaking one's life; rebirth; regeneration; coming back to life; revival
confinement; imprisonment; incarceration
to be due to; to be caused by; to depend on; to turn on; to be based on; to come from
mess; sorry state; -ways; -wards; in the act of ...; just as one is ...
way; method; means; resource; course
to go with the flow; to go with the times
failure; collapse; breakdown; break-up; bankruptcy
to do completely; to do accidentally; to do without meaning to; to happen to do
to go to ruin; to go under; to fall; to be destroyed; to die out; to become extinct
one's last moments; (on) the point of death; (on) one's deathbed
(another's) daughter; young lady
fortuitous; luck; windfall; godsend; good fortune
regret; flesh, blood vessels and fat from around chicken heart (usu. served as yakitori)
particle used to indicate the speaker's hope, desire, wish, etc. (e.g. "it would be nice if ...", "I wish there were ...", etc.); emphatic particle; particle adding uncertainty
to grant (a request); to accept; to hear (a prayer); to comply with (a demand)