futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
holiday; day off; sleep; rest; good night
town; block; downtown; main street; street; road
light; illumination; ray; happiness; hope; influence; power
have to (do, be); must (do, be); is indispensable; is absolutely necessary
star (usu. excluding the Sun); planet (usu. excluding Earth); star (glyph, symbol, shape); asterisk; star (actor, player, etc.); dot; spot
pretty; lovely; clean; clear; completely; entirely
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...; wow
flapping sound (of wings); fluttering; hum (of insects); whizz (of a flying arrow); whoosh
yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
outside; exterior; the open (air); other place; somewhere else
to sleep; to die; to rest (in peace); to lie idle (e.g. of resources); to lie unused; (arch.) to close one's eyes
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
isn't it?; don't you think?; right?; surely; come on
never mind that; don't worry about that; listen up
to enter; to go in; to set (of the sun or moon); to sink; to attain (nirvana, enlightenment, etc.); to achieve
disliking; not wanting; unpleasant; disagreeable; no!; quit it!
after all; because; but; even; too; as well
lack of sleep; sleep deprivation
great rival; powerful enemy; archenemy
trivial; trifling; slight; insignificant
health management; health maintenance; health care
life and death; life or death; samsara (cycle of death and rebirth); death
to divide; to separate; to share; to distribute; to distinguish
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
mud bath (e.g. for pigs); mud pit
fruit of a tree; nut; berry
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
earth; soil; the earth (historically, esp. as opposed to the heavens); the ground; low-quality torinoko-gami (containing mud); (period of) refraining from construction in the direction of the god of the earth (in Onmyōdō)
to dig; to excavate; to delve into; to dig up (vegetables, treasure, etc.); to mine (coal, ore, etc.); to top
trace; tracks; site; remains; scar
to lie in wait; to wait for an opportunity to hurt someone; (lit.) to sharpen one's fangs
Odaiba (artificial island in Tokyo Bay)
is it?; isn't it?; be; is