to elevate; to raise; to lift up; to flatter; to extol; to praise to the sky
to coo at; to behave like a spoiled child; to snort; to sniff
idiot; moron; trivial matter; folly; stupid; foolish
bread; (sweet) pastry; staff of life; one's bread
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
to touch; to feel; to touch (with); to experience; to come in contact with; to touch on (a subject); to allude to
place; location; room; space; basho; wrestling tournament
to bury (e.g. in the ground); to fill up (e.g. audience fills a hall); to cause to be packed; to plug (a gap); to stop (a gap); to make up for (a loss, shortage, etc.); to make amends
to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)
embarrassing; embarrassed; ashamed; disgraceful; shameful
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
the past; bygone days; one's past (that one would prefer remained secret); past (tense); preterit; previous life
stain; blot; flaw; disgrace
both hands; both arms; ten
make-up; makeup; cosmetics
to collapse; to crumble; to get out of shape; to lose one's shape; to break down; to be thrown into disarray; to crash (stock market)
to pass; to pass on; to give (something) a miss; to cut it out; to knock off (for the day); to let the matter drop
lady attendant; lady's maid; waiting maid
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
morning; breakfast; (arch.) next morning
frantic; frenetic; inevitable death; brinkmate (inevitable checkmate)
to put in order; to arrange; to get ready; to prepare; to work out (e.g. business deal); to arrange (e.g. marriage)
to spoil; to ruin; to destroy; to make a mess of
I'm sorry; (it's) inexcusable; thank you very much (for help, etc.)
bath; bathing; bathhouse; public bath; room for drying lacquerware; base (wooden joint connecting the blade of a hoe, spade, etc., to the handle)
to polish; to shine; to brush (e.g. teeth); to refine (e.g. a skill); to improve; to cultivate
tough; hard; determined; strong-minded; strong (e.g. sunlight, alcohol); severe
to wring (towel, rag); to squeeze; to squeeze (fruit to extract juice); to press; to rack (one's brains); to strain (one's voice); to extort
complex; complicated; intricate; mixed (feelings)
structure; construction; arrangement; plan; plot; contrivance
to put on; to wear; to be clad in; to twine around; to twist around; to coil around
3 o'clock; afternoon snack (eaten around 3 o'clock); three ages of Buddhism (following the death of Gautama Buddha; age of the true law, age of the copied law, and age of the degeneration of the law); three ages of the dharma
interval; period of time; among; between; good opportunity; chance
mirror; looking-glass; barrel head; page added at the beginning of a document mentioning its purpose, date, author, etc.; mirror-shaped mochi
to sit; to squat; to assume (a position); to hold steady; to hold still
to continue; to keep up; to keep on
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
from now; from the present moment; from this time forward; henceforth