interval; break; pause; spare moment
grounds; foundation; authority; support; prop; something upon which to rely
dying; laying down one's life; one out
by the way; incidentally; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how)
very high; high up; aloft; only; merely; just
provincial samurai in the middle ages, who engaged in agriculture in peacetime
obvious; clear; plain; evident; apparent; explicit
superiority; superior power; predominance; preponderance
retreat; withdrawal; retirement
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
solution (of an equation, inequality, etc.); root (e.g. of a polynomial); solution (to a given problem); answer; explanation; interpretation
natural; understandable; reasonable; no wonder
busy; hurried; confused; flurried
white plaster wall; tofu; bean curd
sumi; India ink; squid ink; octopus ink; carpenter's inking string
in deep black; in jet black
tiny amount of money; a penny; one letter; one character; one mon (unit of currency)
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
house; home; one's house; one's home; one's husband
still; yet; more; still more; as ...; like ...
fault; error; going poorly; being disadvantageous; un-; non-
pair; couple; antithesis; counter for items that come in pairs; counter for sets (of clothes, small furniture, utensils, etc.)
doer; performer; protagonist (in noh or kyogen); hero; speculator (in trading)
bow (weapon); archery; bow (for a violin, etc.)
NaK (sodium-potassium alloy)
favour; favor; obligation; debt of gratitude
means of making contact; intermediary; go-between; connections; influence; pull
blade; sword; forged blade; wavy pattern on forged blades; sharpness; unhulled rice
employer's house; master's house
profit; advantage; benefit; rebirth in paradise, entering nirvana