year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
leader; leaders; dotted line; reader (textbook); reader (i.e. a person who reads); microreader
to knead well; to polish; to refine
girl (usu. between 7 and 17); young lady; (arch.) female between 17 and 20 years old (ritsuryō period)
thick (of a liquid); muddy; gooey
dense; thick; rich (flavour, colour, etc.); deep; strong (smell); heavy
to overflow; to brim over; to flood
to fall to one's knees; to go down on one's knees (e.g. to express respect)
smallest (in size, degree, etc.); least; minimum; minimal
fault; weakness; flaw; crux (of a matter); difficult point; point of contention
to begin to rain; to begin to snow
messenger; police and judicial chief (Heian and Kamakura periods); klesha (polluting thoughts such as greed, hatred and delusion, which result in suffering)
dignified; majestic; stately; lordly; commanding
exactly the opposite (of); completely opposite; quite contrary
to get into a panic; to be flustered; to panic; to get in a flap
head (of a household, etc.); leader; owner; proprietor; subject (of a rumour, etc.); doer (of a deed); guardian spirit (e.g. long-resident beast, usu. with mystical powers)
interruption; discontinuance; suspension; cancellation (of a planned event); calling off
as a test; as an experiment; by way of experiment; by way of trial; tentatively
to taste; to eat; to drink; to speak (of); to put into words; to refer (to)
surrender; submission; capitulation; being defeated (e.g. by a problem); giving up; giving in
dumbfounded; speechless; flabbergasted; openmouthed (with surprise)
legend; tradition; biography; life; method; way
fidelity; honour; honor; chastity (of a woman); faithfulness (e.g. to one's husband)
gō; traditional unit of volume, approx. 180 ml; gō; traditional unit of area, approx 0.33 square meters; one-tenth of the distance from the base to the summit of a mountain; conjunction; sum
same family (race, tribe)
zhen (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: thunder, east)
great-grandfather; great-granddad; great-grandad
handing down (information); legend; tradition; folklore; transmission
how about ...?; what about ...?; I wonder; I don't know
mainly; primarily; mostly; largely; chiefly
it's better to; it's best to; it's safest to; you can't go wrong with; it doesn't hurt (to be young, beautiful, have money, etc.)
aim; goal; purpose; look; eyes; expression of eyes
doer; performer; shite; protagonist; speculator
what the?; what's going on?; what's this?
carelessly (throwing, tossing, etc.); nonchalantly; casually
forefoot; forefeet; foreleg; forelimb
length (of an animal); body length
bursting with youth and energy (esp. young woman); vivaciously young; (fish) jumping around energetically (e.g. when caught in a net); bursting (e.g. seams); tight; splattering (e.g. cooking oil)
to hit (e.g. with a car); to knock down; to reject; to eliminate; to refuse (e.g. a request); to deny; to flip
to dive (into or under water); to get under; to get into; to hide oneself (esp. from the government); to conceal oneself
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend