to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
particularly; especially; in particular; expressly
the world; society; sphere; circle; world-renowned; world-famous
(your) words; what you say; what you have said; a few words (of welcome, advice, etc.)
weight; weight (e.g. of someone's words); burden; importance; significance
Nagata-chō (Japan's political center; equiv. of Downing Street)
walking encyclopedia; walking dictionary
I see; that's right; indeed
be considered; be deemed; be thought to be
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
secret; secrecy; mystery; secret (e.g. to success); esoteric teachings
tunnel; to tunnel (through a potential barrier); letting a grounder go through one's legs
prime minister's official residence
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
underground; below the ground; world of the dead; the grave; underground (activities, movement, etc.); secret
to tie; to bind; to bear (fruit); to close (e.g. deal); to confirm; to connect (two distant places); to close tightly
air-raid shelter; bomb shelter
substitute; replacement; stand-in; proxy; compensation; exchange
to dig; to excavate; to delve into; to dig up (vegetables, treasure, etc.); to mine (coal, ore, etc.); to top
to bury (e.g. in the ground); to fill up (e.g. audience fills a hall); to cause to be packed; to plug (a gap); to stop (a gap); to make up for (a loss, shortage, etc.); to make amends
two persons; two people; pair; couple
deed (esp. negative); act; action; one's doing; one's work
to have a reason; to have an excuse
of course; certainly; naturally
case; occasion; situation; circumstances
where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
flute; fife; pipe; whistle
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
god of pestilence; god who spreads infectious diseases; jinx; hoodoo; pest
to be involved (in); to get involved (in); to relate to (a matter); to pertain to; to (seriously) affect; to concern
to take (someone) to one place after another (forcibly); to drag (someone) around
poor; pitiable; pathetic; pitiful
to get tired; to tire; to become worn out (of a well-used object); (arch.) to starve
surely; undoubtedly; sternly; severely; having no slack; rigid