to obtain; to come into possession of; to get hold of; to get one's hands on
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
old person; senior citizen; the aged; the elderly
to catch; to stop the blow; to react to; to take (advice, etc.); to accept
care; precaution; guarding; caution
traditional Japanese handball game
song; singing; classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka); modern poetry
foreshadowing; preparation; precautionary measures
look; glimpse; apparently; seemingly; (arch.) first meeting
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange
rare; uncommon; not often seen
small; little; slight; below average (in degree, amount, etc.); low (e.g. sound); soft (e.g. voice)
dispensable chopsticks; throwaway chopsticks
to break; to be smashed; to split; to crack; to be divided (opinion, vote, etc.); to split (e.g. of a party); to come to light
one long cylindrical thing; one film, TV show, etc.; one version; one book; a certain book; ippon; one point
prison; jail; gaol; firm; solid; strong
he; she; that person; (arch.) you
to partition; to divide; to direct; to manage; to settle accounts; to assume a crouching posture (at the start of a bout)
class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate
particularly; especially; in particular; expressly
leader; reader; reading book; reader (i.e. someone who reads); microreader; dotted line (in printing)
severe; strict; hard (to do); difficult; intense (e.g. cold); harsh (weather)
gaudy (esp. of makeup or clothing); garish; glitzy; loud
unthinkable; unexpected; outrageous; offensive
abundant; plentiful; rich; wealthy; open (mind); relaxed
possibly; apparently; (seem) likely; somehow or other; with difficulty; barely
slowly; unhurriedly; easily (e.g. in time); well; well (e.g. sleep); comfortably
thanks; gratitude; manners; etiquette; bow; reward; gift
action; conduct; behaviour; behavior; mobilization; mobilisation
to hide; to be hidden; to conceal oneself; to disappear
to track down; to locate; to find out; to smoke out; to ferret out; to chase up
perhaps; likely; probably; I dare say
seed (e.g. of a plant); pip; material (e.g. for an article); matter (e.g. of a story); ingredient; leaven (bread); cause
cause; seed; variety; kind; counter for varieties
somehow or other; for some reason or another; without knowing why
to be attached; to be connected with; to remain imprinted; to scar; to bear (fruit, interest, etc.); to be acquired (of a habit, ability, etc.); to increase (of strength, etc.)
by some chance; somehow; in some way; somehow or other; one way or another; by any means possible
cooking; cookery; cuisine; dealing with something; handling; administration
to break; to destroy; to wreck; to ruin; to break (a bill, etc.)
pot; jar; dice cup; depression; basin (e.g. of a waterfall); aim; what one wants