black and white; monochrome; good and evil; right and wrong; guilt and innocence
part; portion; amount; worth (as in "two days' worth"); one's means; one's place; one's duty
honor and-or shame (honour)
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
this world; this life; current epoch (i.e. the Holocene epoch)
essence; true nature; substance; reality
absurd; ridiculous; silly; ludicrous; nonsensical; asinine
no; nay; well; er; you're welcome; not at all
man (esp. one who is well-respected); samurai; person (in a certain profession, esp. licensed); member
to part (usu. of people); to part from; to separate (of a couple); to break up; to lose (e.g. one's mother); to be bereaved
third day of the month; three days
instantly; immediately; equals; means; oneness (of two opposing things); inseparability
careful observation; close attention
and; moreover; besides; as well as; and on top of that; at the same time
cigarette; cig; smoke; fag
existing in opposition or interdependence
to come together; to merge; to fit; to match; to be profitable; to be equitable
point in question (at issue)
grand; far-reaching; ambitious
earth; ground; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements)
both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold
garden (esp. man-made); orchard; park; place; location
penetrating eyes; insightfulness
tree peony (Paeonia suffruticosa); moutan
white; innocence; innocent person; blank space; white go stone; white dragon tile; skewered grilled pig intestine
black; black go stone; guilt; guilty person
blue; azure; green; green light (traffic); black (horse coat color); blue 5-point card; immature
to be dyed; to be tainted; to be infected; to be stained
(not) well; (not) properly; (not) enough; (not) sufficiently
so; like this; in this way
to reach one's ears; to come to one's knowledge; to hear about; to learn of (by chance)
(the) positive; yang (in Chinese divination); the open; visible place
shade; shadow; behind (something); other side; background; behind the scenes
sleepy; drowsy; somnolent
between (e.g. two people); face to face; hindrance; impediment; arrhythmic section of recitative in noh music; playing with only 2 players; prefix used for stress or emphasis
desire; wish; request; entreaty; prayer; (written) application
to grant (request, wish); to answer (prayer); to fulfill (conditions); to meet (requirements)