to freeze; to be frozen over; to congeal
deed (esp. negative); act; action; one's doing
gods and Buddha; Shinto and Buddhism
to show respect for; to revere; to honour; to honor; to worship; to hold in esteem
to put one's life on the line; to risk one's life; to put everything one has into it
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
low (rank, degree, value, content, quality, etc.); low (position); close to the ground; short (height); deep (voice); in a low key
to keep within limits (e.g. spending); to restrain (e.g. emotions); to control; to hold back (e.g. an enemy); to check; to curb
bird; bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry
counter for birds, rabbits, etc.
being (somewhere); sitting
wasteland; wilderness; abandoned land; devastated land
plot of land; lot; soil; locality; region; place
pity; sorrow; pitiable; pitiful; alack; alas
to lay hands on; to touch; to care for; to look after; to make off with; to steal
death; decease; (arch.) death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation); (an) out
to come to nothing; to be in vain; to lead nowhere
to fall on one's shoulders (e.g. responsibility, duty)
to consider as; to regard (as equivalent); to deem (as); to equate
different opinion; objection
place; spot; field; discipline; occasion; situation; scene (of a play, movie, etc.)
to leave; to depart; to take one's leave
betrayer; traitor; turncoat; informer
punishment; judgement; judgment
flapping; rattling (sound); noisily; commotion; kerfuffle
to rise; to erect; to get up
thin rice porridge; watery cooked rice; rice gruel; congee
to be in time (for); to serve (suit, meet) the purpose; to be good enough; to be enough
shelf; ledge; rack; trellis
to pile up; to accumulate; to estimate
bride; one's daughter-in-law
prickling; stinging; tingling
to ill-treat; to bully; to torment; to be tough on (e.g. one's body); to treat harshly
to die; to decease; to perish; to pass away
sweetly (smiling); broadly (grinning)
comical (story, song); comic; the comedy business (rakugo, manzai, etc.); something laughable
disk; disc; tray; shallow bowl; grid; board (e.g. in shogi)
fighting (against); taking on (an opponent); facing; confronting; competing (with); battle
later on; eventually; afterwards
long (time that has passed); old (story)
(a) step ahead; (a) jump ahead
March; third month of the lunar calendar
to die (of a person); to have one's life come to a close
character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")
success in life; getting ahead; successful career; promotion; climbing the corporate ladder; eminence
to apologize; to apologise