the "ka" column of the Japanese syllabary table (ka, ki, ku, ke, ko)
needle; pin; hook; stinger; thorn; hand (e.g. clock, etc.); pointer
needle; pin; hook; stinger; thorn; hand (e.g. clock, etc.); pointer
to become better; to improve
I wonder; do you think?; I might; some kind; some stage; somehow
white; unseasoned; undyed; very much; precisely; playing dumb
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn
or; otherwise; furthermore; also; (arch.) perhaps; (arch.) by some chance; (arch.) that being said
remaining; left-over; excess
just; right; pure; genuine; truth
younger people; future generations
even though; despite; when
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
role; assignment; position (of responsibility); post; part (in a play, film, etc.); role
little less than; slightly fewer than; just under; weakness; the weak
habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
political operations; (Heian Period) political operations and ceremonies of the Imperial Court; (Edo Period) civil suit
lottery; lot; raffle; draw
service; duty; business; Buddhist religious services
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
neighbors; neighbours; neighborhood; neighbourhood
pole; climax; extreme; extremity
(really) terrible; awful; (very) nasty; (extremely) harsh; severe
married couple; husband and wife; man and wife; his and hers; pair of objects, one larger (for man), one smaller (for woman)
secretary (lowest of the four administrative ranks of the ritsuryo system)
to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)
fly (any insect of infraorder Muscomorpha); person of no worth; pisher; scrub
feather; plume; wing; shuttlecock (in badminton)
to hang over; to cover; to lie over; to fall on one's shoulders; to become one's responsibility; to become a burden
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less
flushing (of one's cheeks); dizziness; rush of blood to the head
absence; being away from home; house-sitting; house-sitter; being left unattended to (of one's studies, etc.); neglecting
navel; belly button; protrusion or depression in the middle of an object; center; centre
navel; belly button; protrusion or depression in the middle of an object; center; centre