why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
something; some; somehow; for some reason; (so) what (are you trying to say)?; what (do you mean)?
carelessness; careless mistake; blunder; wetting oneself; soiling oneself
disposal; throwing away; dealing with (a problem); measure; punishment; penalty
to make a decision; to draw a conclusion; to give a judgement; to hand down a verdict; to let go down; to lower; to do oneself
at once; immediately; without delay; promptly
excuse me; pardon me; I'm sorry; thank you; you shouldn't have; it's too much
to get carried away; to get overly elated; to become over-excited; to get up to speed; to move into gear
decapitation; decapitated head
complaint; grumbling; objection; phrase; words; expression
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
commoner; plebeian; commoner (in Japan between 1869 and 1947; the lowest of the three classes)
trivial; trifling; slight; insignificant
failure; mistake; blunder
simple; easy; uncomplicated; brief; quick; light
to be blown off; to blow off; to blow away; to vanish; to disappear; to be dispelled
life; life force; lifetime; lifespan; most important thing; foundation
trouble; bother; trouble; difficulty; care; attention
(your) business; (your) concern; (customer's) order; official business (of the government, Imperial Court, etc.); arrest; capture
after that; afterwards; thereafter
manner; way; appearance; air; custom; convention; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk
place; spot; field; discipline; occasion; situation; scene (of a play, movie, etc.)
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
note left by a dead person; suicide note; testamentary letter; posthumous work
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
to lower the curtain (at the end of a play); to come to an end; to finish
the other day; a few days ago
finally; at last; barely; narrowly; gradually; little by little
to reach; to touch; to be delivered; to arrive; to be attentive; to be scrupulous
arm; ability; skill; (physical) strength
burn; scald; (fig.) getting one's fingers burned (e.g. poor investment, mixing with the wrong people)
to carry on one's back; to bear; to take (responsibility); to assume; to suffer (an injury); to sustain (a wound)
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
to pass (of time); to elapse
time; hour; period; class
to hang up (e.g. a coat, a picture on the wall); to let hang; to put on (e.g. a blanket); to put on top of; to put on (glasses, etc.); to wear (a necklace, etc.); to make (a call)
I'm sorry; (it's) inexcusable; thank you very much (for help, etc.)
important person; influential figure; big shot; big thing; big one; big game
pomegranate (Punica granatum)
palace; tonic (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); ancient Chinese punishment (castration for men, or confinement for women); zodiacal sign
is that so?; I see; right; oh
to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate