door; gate; opening; title page
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to dress stylishly; to joke; to play on words
earth; soil; the earth (historically, esp. as opposed to the heavens); the ground; low-quality torinoko-gami (containing mud); (period of) refraining from construction in the direction of the god of the earth (in Onmyōdō)
to tread down so as to harden (soil, snow, etc.)
end (e.g. of street); tip; beginning; start; odds and ends; scrap
largish; biggish; a little bit larger
stand; rack; support; holder; counter for machines, incl. vehicles; setting (e.g. in jewellery); level (e.g. price level)
kitchen knife; carving knife; (arch.) cooking; (arch.) food
beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...
rough (estimate, manner, etc.); crude; broad; loose; careless (work)
to cut up; to cut and discard; to eliminate systematically (in fault-finding); to isolate
to take a long hard look at; to look (someone) full in the face
such; this sort of; like this
to save up; to stockpile; to stash away; to hoard; to amass; to salt away
timewise; temporal; chronal
limitation; restriction; condition; constraints
grateful; thankful; welcome; appreciated; evoking gratitude
plot of land; lot; soil; locality; region; place
vast; extensive; immense; huge; large; grand
to treat with medicinal steam (a swelling, etc.); to dry the bottom of a ship (to prevent insect damage)
convenient; handy; useful
promise; agreement; convention; rule; destiny; fate
to lend; to loan; to rent out; to hire out
carriage; movement (of the body)
to collect; to gather; to save; to accumulate; to pile up
to consider as; to regard (as equivalent); to deem (as); to equate
negative; passive; half-hearted; unmotivated
approval; agreement; support; favour; favor
answer; reply; response; answer; solution; result
frequency (of occurrence)
to partition; to divide; to direct; to manage; to settle accounts; to assume a crouching posture (at the start of a bout)
together; at the same time; same; identical
simultaneous; concurrent; same time; synchronous; together
trace; tracks; site; remains; scar
to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations
in one go; in one gulp; in one breath; immediately; instantly; right away
revival from the brink of death; recovering from a hopeless situation; resuscitation; revitalization
processing; dealing with; treatment; disposition; disposal
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use