important; significant; precious; valuable; careful
around there; near there; or thereabouts; or so; such a matter; such a thing
thin (of an object); pale; light; watery; thin; weak (taste, etc.); little (affection, etc.)
muddiness; murkiness; impurity (of the world, one's heart, etc.); dakuten (diacritic indicating a voiced consonant); unrefined sake
water (esp. cool or cold); fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid; flood; floodwaters; water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout
to intensify; to be excited; to fly into a rage; to dash against; to encourage
stone; rock; jewel; precious stone; flint (in a lighter); (round) game piece
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
upper reaches of a river; upstream
shallows; shoal; rapids; current; position; place
to whirl; to eddy; to swirl; to whirl around (of feelings, thoughts, etc.); to swirl around; to surge
to stream; to flow (liquid, time, etc.); to be washed away; to be carried; to drift; to float (e.g. clouds); to sweep (e.g. rumour, fire)
teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder
long (time that has passed); old (story)
(overnight) stay; lodging; inn; hotel; night duty; anchorage
to advance (spatially); to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to move ahead (e.g. of work); to intensify
to come to mind; to pop into one's head
2nd day of the month; two days
to go by; to go past; to run (between; of a rail service, bus route, etc.); to operate (between); to go indoors; to go into a room; to penetrate
monkey (esp. the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata); ape; sly person; idiot; hick; sliding wooden bolt (for holding a door or window shut); clasp used to control the height of a pot-hook
to place on (something); to give (someone) a ride; to give a lift; to load (luggage); to carry; to send out (on the airwaves, etc.); to deceive
(TV) comedian; performer (esp. of a traditional art); entertainer; talented person; accomplished person
to pass by; to go past; to go to extremes; to overdo it; to go too far
busily; sedulously; laboriously; feverishly; fussily; worrying (about little things)
to think about; to send one's heart out to; to give more than a passing thought to; to think of something far away; to think nostalgically upon (esp. one's hometown)
teacher; master; religious leader; specialist; five-battalion brigade comprising 2500 men (Zhou dynasty Chinese army)
surroundings; environs; circumference
senior (at school, work, etc.); superior; elder; older person; predecessor
to turn one's head; to look over one's shoulder; to turn around; to think back (on); to reminisce; to look back (on)
to lie on top of each other; to overlap; to pile up
to the best of my ability, poor though it be
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
to encourage; to cheer on; to cheer (someone) up; to raise (one's voice)
to weigh on one's mind; to trouble one
straight (from one place to another); going right onto; on the way; simultaneously; incidentally; directly
temporary (suspension) bridge; makeshift bridge; bridge (between cultures, generations, etc.); link; walkway (constructed on a cliff face); plank path
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
dry riverbed; river beach
topography; geographical features
to approach; to draw near; to be imminent; to press (someone for something); to urge; to compel