request; favour (to ask); wish; please
sweet (e.g. young girls, flowers blooming); touchingly lovely; cute; pitiful; pitiable
true character; real nature
to represent; to signify; to reveal; to show; to express; to make widely known
sharing; division; draw; tie
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
distinguished family; noted family; family status in the Imperial Court; master (of a craft); expert
ronin; masterless samurai; high school graduate waiting for another chance to enter university after having failed the yearly entrance examination; person out of work; jobless person; (arch.) wanderer
elegance; grace; article; item; counter for items (of food, etc.); counter for dishes or courses (at a restaurant)
lover; lady-killer; sexy guy
what would (you) do?; what to do about it
having in mind; happening to know of; idea
to take on; to undertake; to take over; to inherit; to guarantee; to vouch for
skillful; skilful; delicious; appetizing; fortunate; splendid
to hurry; to rush; to hasten; to make something happen sooner
materials; data; document
to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in
few; a little; scarce; insufficient; seldom
motionlessly (e.g. stand, wait); (be) still; fixedly (e.g. gaze, stare); intently (e.g. listen, think); patiently (endure); stoically
trembling; getting nervous; excited; thrilled
even so; all the same; nevertheless; yes, but ...
pond skater (any insect of family Gerridae); water strider
red; crimson; Red; communist; (arch.) beautiful
Japanese syllabary; kana; aiueo
to float; to become merry; to be cheerful; to become loose; to become unsteady; to feel out of it; to be cut off (e.g. from those around you)
algae; waterweed; seaweed; duckweed
shrimp (infraorder Caridea); small shrimp, prawn or lobster
Japanese persimmon (Diospyros kaki); Chinese persimmon; kaki
Japanese chestnut (Castanea crenata)
tree; shrub; bush; wood; timber
to be needed; to be wanted
restraining (someone); restraint
injury; wound; mistake; accident; loss
to step aside; to move (i.e. out of the way); to make way; to resign; to retire; to quit
favourable; favorable; doing well; OK; all right
just like; (virtually) no different from; (almost) the same as; as good as (e.g. dead, settled)
loan; lending; favor; favour; creditor; method of lending
used; second-hand; old; Middle Ages (in Japan esp. Heian period)