way of saying (something); way of putting it; wording; phrasing; language; expression
to gain knowledge; to be illuminated; enlightening; informative; illuminating
one-sided; unilateral; arbitrary
star (usu. not including the Sun); planet (usu. not including Earth); star (glyph, symbol, shape); star (actor, player, etc.); small dot; spot; star point (in go)
to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)
shadow; silhouette; reflection; image; ominous sign; light (stars, moon)
bring-your-own (e.g. food and drink); carry-on (e.g. luggage)
nakedness; nudity; bareness; nakedness; being penniless; concealing nothing
thank you for your hard work; good work; see you; goodbye; goodnight
skin; body (in the context of intimate bodily contact); surface; grain (e.g. of wood); disposition; temperament
to be stormy; to be rough; to be rough (of skin); to be chapped; to be ruined; to fall into ruin
to swell; to become swollen; to become puffy (e.g. face from lack of sleep); to become bloated (esp. from fluid retention)
(picture) frame; framed picture; amount (esp. of money); sum
staff; stuff; stuffing; filling
audiovisual; adult video; porn video; pornographic video
Chinese puffer (Takifugu chinensis)
unusual; rare; new; novel; fine (e.g. gift)
to go out and away; to leave
to collect; to gather; to save; to accumulate; to pile up
to choke; to have trouble breathing
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
attitude; manner; behaviour; attitude (towards an issue, etc.); position; stance
to pay attention to another's needs; to attend to; to fuss about; to take into consideration
easily mixed up (e.g. similar words); easily mistaken; confusingly similar; misleading; equivocal; ambiguous
(following a verb) to be sure to; to do (something) so that ...; to make sure to; to try to
friend of a mother who is also a mother; mothers who are friends
stealthily; secretly; in secret
to be seen from the point of view of an onlooker
particle used to indicate the speaker's hope, desire, wish, etc. (e.g. "it would be nice if ...", "I wish there were ...", etc.); emphatic particle; particle adding uncertainty
dissatisfaction; discontent; displeasure; complaint; unhappiness
slander; bad-mouthing; abuse; insult; speaking ill (of)
to dis; to diss; to disrespect
hit it off with (a person); find a kindred spirit in (a person); sympathy; mutual understanding
taste; elegance; appearance; air; the likes of ...; lowly people such as ...
castle (in place names); castle; fortress
nobleman; dignitary; feudal lord (of the Edo period); daimyō; man brought up away from the world; arrogant man with little knowledge of the ways of the world
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)