pain; anguish; suffering; duhkha (suffering)
death; (an) out; death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation; most severe of the five ritsuryō punishments)
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
spit; skewer; proxy (computer server)
feeble joke; poor joke; corny joke; bad pun
two (long cylindrical things)
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
you; before (a god, nobleman, etc.); in front of
amazake; sweet drink made from fermented rice or sake lees
to distribute; to hand out; to deliver; to allot; to allocate; to place (staff, soldiers, etc.)
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
previously; before; first; before (something or someone else); beforehand; in advance
visit (to a shrine, grave, etc.); worship
to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)
(approximate) time; around; suitable time (or condition); time of year; season
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
about this time; about now
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that
yes; yeah; hum; hmmm; oof
to cover; to hide; to conceal; to wrap; to disguise
double; double bed; hotel room with a double bed; double-breasted; double-cuffed; double width (of cloth; usu. 1.42 meters); doubles (e.g. in tennis)
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
adds force to a statement, decision or conclusion; indicates command; (strongly) emphasizes the previous word; adds focus; some- (e.g. something, someone)
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound
throwing of mochi to an assembled crowd, esp. during the framework-raising ceremony of a new building
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
slowly; tardily; complaining; grumbling; unsettled (e.g. weather); loose
first shrine visit of the New Year
guest; visitor; customer; client; counter for containers used to entertain guests
one cup (of); one glass (of); one drink (of alcohol); full; filled (with); fully; to capacity
to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)
cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
-ness; indicates assertion; come (on); come now; er; um; indicates scrutiny, critique or mistrust
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
to come off (of a button, handle, lid, etc.); to go away (of a fever, pain, swelling, etc.); to disappear; to be harvested; to be picked; to be interpreted (as); to be taken (as)
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
remainder; remnant; the rest; what is left; balance; leftovers
to burn; to burn with (emotion, feeling); to be fired up