stinginess; miserliness; shabby; cheap; petty; narrow-minded
stingy person; miser; scrooge
unthinkable; unexpected; outrageous; offensive
pain; anguish; distress; suffering; hardship
to part (usu. of people); to part from; to separate (of a couple); to break up; to lose (e.g. one's mother); to be bereaved
bride; (one's) daughter-in-law; wife
somehow; for some reason (or other); without knowing why
to show (someone) out; to see (someone) off; to forward; to dispatch (goods); to push (one's opponent) out of the ring from behind
to be brought forward (e.g. by three hours); to be moved up; to be hasty; to be rash; to quicken; to speed up
burly; strong; indomitable; indefatigable; robust (vitality, appetite, economic growth, etc.); strong
smirkingly; broadly (grinning)
aloneness; loneliness; solitude
seriousness; earnestness; truth; sanctity
to stop; to turn off; to park; to prevent; to suppress (a cough); to stop (someone from doing something); to dissuade
Japanese apricot (Prunus mume); Japanese plum; ume; lowest (of a three-tier ranking system)
cat (esp. the domestic cat, Felis catus); feline; shamisen; geisha; wheelbarrow; clay bed-warmer; bottom (submissive partner of a homosexual relationship)
be considered; be deemed; be thought to be
present condition; existing state; status quo; current state
than; in comparison to; rather than; over; above
to borrow; to rent; to hire; to make use of (another's help, wisdom, etc.); to obtain; to use (for another purpose)
to come to see; to come and see; to visit
oyakodon; bowl of rice topped with chicken and egg (or other parent-child ingredient pairing); threesome including a parent and child
when it comes to ...; if one were to speak of ...; by ... you mean ...; when you say ... you mean that ...; whenever ...; if it's ... then (without fail)
living; being alive; freshness; liveliness; situation in which a group of stones cannot be captured because it contains two or more gaps; stet (proofreading)
to bloom; to flower; to blossom; (arch.) to rise up (of breaking waves)
unexpected; surprising; unanticipated; strange; unforeseen
one long cylindrical thing; one film, TV show, etc.; one version; one book; a certain book; ippon; one point
smell; scent; aura; whiff; faint, mist-like pattern along the temper line of a Japanese sword
drive; trip by car; to (go for a) drive; to go on a trip by car; to drive (e.g. a car); to drive (innovation, change, etc.)
from afar; over a great distance; all the way
address (of a home, business, etc.); residence; domicile
summer greeting card; inquiry after someone's health in the hot season
glance; look; glimpse; complete view; bird's-eye view
to carry off; to run away with; to sweep away; to take entirely for oneself; to monopolize
defeat; loss; failing to live up to (one's name, looks, etc.); discount; loss (on a sale)