association; link; connection; pledge (esp. for marriage); promise
counting backwards; calculating backwards; inverse operation; reverse operation
impossible; incapable (of doing); incompetence; inability; impotence; having no solution (of an equation)
to be able (to do); to be capable (of doing)
incompetence; inefficiency; inability; incompetent person
deeply; keenly; severely; intently; carefully; closely
nicely; properly; frequently; often; I'm glad that you ...; thank you for ...
cram school; private tutoring school; juku
to praise; to extol; to laud; to appreciate; to admire
I; me; oneself; (arch.) you; (arch.) prefix indicating familiarity or contempt
gō; traditional unit of volume, approx. 0.1804 litres; gō; traditional unit of area, approx 0.33 metres square; one-tenth of the way from the base to the summit of a mountain; conjunction; sum
seeming to be; appearing to be; like; similar to; in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that
to obey (an order, law, etc.); to abide by (a rule, custom, etc.); to follow (a person); to accompany; to go alongside (e.g. a river); to follow (e.g. a sign)
different person; another person; someone else; changed man
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
inside the breast of one's clothing (esp. kimono); bosom; space between one's chest and outstretched arms; (one's) reach; heart (e.g. of a mountain); bosom (e.g. of nature)
distance; perspective; far and near; here and there
biological child; one's own child
trace; vestige; mark; sign; evidence
extinction; extinguishment; disappearance; annihilation
promotion; encouragement; fostering; unwanted help (usu. unintentionally harmful); unnecessary help
mediation; agency; agent; mediator; middleman; go-between
fragment (e.g. of works); incomplete set; incomplete state
element (esp. component in electronics); elemental device; device; data; datum
-less; lacking; non-existing
very; greatly; exceedingly
equation; formula; ceremony; style; (arch.) enforcement regulations (of the ritsuryo)
admiration; praise; prizing; appreciation
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
loss; damage; harm; disadvantage; handicap; drawback
cloth; bujian (spade-shaped bronze coin of ancient China)
simplicity; brevity; letter; note; bamboo writing strip (in ancient China); simplified Chinese character
cannot help (feeling); cannot hold back (tears, laughter, etc.)
to beg; to ask; to request; to invite
railway station; train station; staging post on a highway (in pre-modern Japan); counter for railway stations and bus stations
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
to take; to catch; to capture
view; opinion; finding; findings
nerve; nerves; sensitivity