to succeed; to relieve; to take the place of; to substitute for; to be exchanged; to change (places with)
slow; time-consuming; late (in the day); towards the end (of the day or night); later (than expected or usual); late
honorific/polite/humble prefix
pardon; forgiveness; exemption; permission
dragon (esp. a Chinese dragon); naga; semi-divine human-cobra chimera in Hindu and Buddhist mythology; promoted rook
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
place; location; room; space; basho; wrestling tournament
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
having in mind; happening to know of; idea
to be hit; to strike; to touch; to be in contact; to be equivalent to; to be applicable; to be right on the money (of a prediction, criticism, etc.)
number (in a series); (one's) turn; watch; guard; rank; standing; bout
storehouse; warehouse; godown
blood; blood; ancestry; (the) blood; feelings
to get dirty; to become dirty; to become sullied; to become corrupted; to lose one's chastity
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
one's father; one's old man; middle-aged (or older) man; old man; one's boss; proprietor (of a restaurant, store, etc.)
to say enough (as much as required); to say plenty; to say well; to say cleverly; to say often; to say frequently
disaster; calamity; misfortune; trouble; woes
to fall onto; to happen; to befall
trouble; bother; annoyance; to be troubled (by); to be bothered (by); to be inconvenienced (by)
impossible; unlikely; improbable
in comparison to; rather than
should (be); bound (to be); nock (of a bow); nock (of an arrow); nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger); wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand
to live; to get along; to spend (time)
to be born again; to make a fresh start in life
surely; undoubtedly; sternly; severely; having no slack; rigid
danger; peril; hazard; risk
to go through; to suffer; to experience (something unpleasant)
like; similar to; as with; in the same way
better; preferable; more; increase; (arch.) increase; (arch.) growth
continuously in some state (for a long time, distance); throughout; much (better, etc.); by far; far away; long ago
from now; from the present moment; from this time forward; henceforth
of course; certainly; naturally
basics; fundamentals; basis; foundation