mountain; hill; mine (e.g. coal mine); heap; pile; crown (of a hat); thread (of a screw)
sure; no mistaking it; for certain; without doubt
beforehand; in advance; previously
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
counter for articles; counter for military units; individual
sand-coated interior wall (in traditional Japanese architecture)
step; stair; grade; rank; counter for breaks in written language (or speech, etc.); dan
to pile up; to accumulate
bamboo (any grass of subfamily Bambusoideae); middle (of a three-tier ranking system)
bone; frame; outline; core; backbone; spirit
yukata (light cotton kimono worn in the summer or used as a bathrobe)
cloth; fabric; dough; batter; inherent quality; one's true character; unglazed pottery
chamber; room; home of a monk; monk; Chinese "room" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
state (US, Australia, India, Germany, etc.); province (e.g. Canada); continent; (arch.) dear
uchiwa; type of traditional Japanese handheld fan
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
flapping (of a flag, fan, etc.); fluttering; pitter-patter (of footsteps); quickly (making progress); in quick succession
cardboard box; carton; corrugated box
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building
to classify; to sort out; to sift through
to tear off; to peel off; to rip off; to strip off; to skin; to flay
to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to throw; to fling; to hurl; to neglect; to abandon; to leave alone
work; operation; manufacturing; fatigue duty
to grapple with; to wrestle with; to engage in a bout; to tackle (e.g. a problem); to come to grips with; to work hard on
upper tier; upper section; place of honor; place of honour; dais; raised part of floor
exactly; precisely; closely; tightly; properly; without fail
somehow or other; for some reason or another; without knowing why
futon (laid on the floor); (Japanese) mattress; underquilt; sleeping mat
to touch; to feel; to touch (with); to experience; to come in contact with; to touch on (a subject); to allude to
soft (and fluffy) (e.g. bed, bread, baked potato); (arch.) absent-mindedly
to air; to dry; to drain (off); to drink up; to deprive of a role, job, etc.
lower tier; lower step; lower column; low position (of a sword in kendo, etc.)
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
to be scrupulous; to be attentive; to be prudent; to be complete; to be thorough
dust; trash; garbage; negligible amount; tiny bit; hustle and bustle (of life)
messenger; police and judicial chief (Heian and Kamakura periods); klesha (polluting thoughts such as greed, hatred and delusion, which result in suffering)