difficulty; trouble; accident; disaster; fault; defect
through; throughout; through (the good offices of); by way of
direct; immediate; personal; firsthand
to hesitate; to have scruples; to be afraid of what others may think; to lord it over; to have great influence
number of times; frequency; count
proposal; motion; recommendation
attending someone through the night (guard, nurse); act of a woman sleeping with a man (at his bidding); keeping overnight vigil over body before burial
to be suspicious of (someone's motives); to suspect (that)
cute; adorable; dear; precious; innocent; childlike
silly; foolish; absurd; childish; easy; trifling
matter; affair; counter for (received) emails, text messages, voicemail messages, etc.; counter for accounts (on a website, email service, etc.)
knot; tying; bundle; lumping; conclusion; ending
yours sincerely; respectfully yours
dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding
foolishness; silliness; stupidity; (arch.) I; (arch.) me
to give (as a gift); to present; to confer; to bestow; to award
infinity; infinitude; eternity; infinite; limitless
timewasting; killing time
reserve; spare; preparation; preliminaries
counter for books; volume
(it) goes without saying; needn't be said; that should rather be left unsaid
two dimensions; fictional world of anime, manga, video games, etc.
the opposite sex; isomerism
monotony; monotone; dullness; monotone; monotonic
repetition; repeat; reiteration; repeatedly
reaching a stopping place; settling down (before the next stage); getting to a point where one can rest; one paragraph
to jabber; to chatter; to chat with
hand-me-down; food offering to the gods; leftovers; trip from Kyoto to the provinces
dragon (esp. a Chinese dragon); naga; semi-divine human-cobra chimera in Hindu and Buddhist mythology; promoted rook
moustache; beard; whiskers (on a cat, etc.); feelers (on an insect, etc.); shadow (on a candlestick chart)
(hard) candy; toffee; rice-sugar; sugar made from the starch of rice, potatoes, etc.; amber; yellowish-brown
being moved (to tears); being touched (by); (falling) softly (of leaves, petals, etc.); becoming slightly drunk; becoming tipsy
aromatic (roasted beans, roasted tea, etc.); fragrant (e.g. burning wood); pleasant-smelling; savory-smelling (e.g. barbecued meat); savoury; appetizing
to get; to earn; to understand; to comprehend; to receive something undesirable (e.g. a punishment); to get (ill)
amount necessary to fill a container (e.g. cupful, spoonful, etc.); drink (usu. alcoholic); full; one squid, octopus, crab, etc.; one boat; fully; to capacity
to stuff one's cheeks; to fill one's mouth (with food)
strong-willed; strong of heart
nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not