to allot; to assign; to give; to provide; to fit to; to fasten to
my husband; one's family; family member
indicates two contrasting actions; (arch.) indicates possessive (often found in place names and compound words)
residence; living (at, in); abode
seiza; kneeling with the tops of the feet flat on the floor, and sitting on the soles
motionlessly (e.g. stand, wait); (be) still; fixedly (e.g. gaze, stare); intently (e.g. listen, think); patiently (e.g. endure); stoically
tearoom; tea house; tea-ceremony room; tea arbour; tea arbor
to finish up; to complete; to finish off; to get through; to polish off
dream; dream; hope; unrealistic aspiration; daydream; delusion
work (e.g. of art); piece; harvest; crop; technique
refined; elegant; graceful; classic
woven pattern; background pattern (of lacquerware, printed materials, etc.)
roughly; broadly; generally; more or less
eager; earnest; ardent; OFF (on switch)
bath; bathing; bathhouse; public bath; room for drying lacquerware; base (wooden joint connecting the blade of a hoe, spade, etc., to the handle)
to pass; to pass on; to give (something) a miss; to cut it out; to knock off (for the day); to let the matter drop
mirrored version of the kanji character "uma" (usu. depicted on a shogi piece; considered auspicious)
very much; very many; more and more
to understand; to appreciate; to interpret
to understand; to comprehend
to appoint; to nominate; to consider (oneself) to be; to pose as; to assume (a role, responsibility, etc.); to take on
world; society; people; the public
somehow; for some reason or other
to pull up; to drag up; to increase; to raise (e.g. taxes); to withdraw; to leave; to promote (someone to a higher position)
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
one's person; around one's person
these; this kind of; such; this time
and so on; and so forth; et cetera; comment; criticism
something heard while sleeping
(not) so; (not) particularly; (not) very; (not) that much
wonder; miracle; amazement; prodigy
pattern; figure; state; condition; conjecture of the current situation; the way it seems; model
ceremony; rite; ritual; service
biological parent; real parent