sky; heaven; God; svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); deva (divine being of Buddhism); top (of a book); sole (of a Japanese sandal)
free (of restraint, controls, etc.); free (of charge); freelance; independent; freelancer; one-size-fits-all; free skating
black; black stone; guilt; guilty person
white; innocence; innocent person; blank space; white stone; white dragon tile; skewered grilled pig intestine
counter for colours; color; colour; (outward) appearance; look; (facial) expression; face
pattern; figure; state; condition; conjecture of the current situation; the way it seems; model
(another's) daughter; young lady (of pampered upbringing); woman who has never known hardship; naive woman
princess; spoiled girl; hothouse flower; glue
retainer; attendant; escort
while; although; (but) on the other hand; at the same time; opposite side; other side
death; (an) out; death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation; most severe of the five ritsuryō punishments)
oh; oh my; oh dear; well, ...; er ...; why, ...
formidable enemy; strong enemy; tough enemy
pardon; forgiveness; tolerance; leniency; mercy; going easy (on someone)
carelessly; thoughtlessly; inadvertently
to exceed (esp. figures: profits, unemployment rate, etc.); to surpass; to be more than; to be better than
to sink; to go under; to go down (e.g. sun); to set; to feel depressed; to become subdued
creation; generation; formation; derivation
way; method; means; (technical) specification
flaw; defect; problem; inconvenient
cloth; fabric; material; bujian (spade-shaped bronze coin of ancient China)
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
obstacle; hindrance; impediment; difficulty
intuition; instinct; hunch
near; close (to); nearby; (drawing) near; approaching; almost here
mining; digging; working (a mine)
one's turn; one's shift; one's turn on stage; screen time; one's time (to act); one's chance
presentiment; premonition; hunch; to have a premonition; to have a hunch
up to now; so far; traditional; conventional; usual
place; position; location; position; standing; status
vague; ambiguous; shady; disreputable; fuzzy
to breathe out; to breathe; to tell (a lie); to use (foul language); to vomit; to throw up
magnification; leverage; amplification; competitiveness rating (e.g. for university entrance); applicant-to-acceptance ratio
variation in color (colour); having a different color
value in doing something; feeling that something is worth doing; rewarding feeling; sense of satisfaction
to continue (for a long time); to occur in succession; to come next (e.g. on TV)
to harden; to solidify; to become firm; to become certain; to gather (together); to assemble