play; playing; pleasure; amusement; play (in a mechanism, e.g. a steering wheel); slack
tender; kind; gentle; graceful; affectionate; amiable
to ask a question; to begin to ask a question
tower; steeple; spire; stupa; pagoda; dagoba
materials; ingredients; material (for a novel, experiment, etc.); subject matter; grounds (for a decision, judgement, etc.); basis
as many as one likes; as much as one likes; great many; plenty; almost (none); (not) much
to do over again; to redo; to start over; to remake; to resume; to recommence
your home; your family; their home; (my) home
end; finish; bound; limit; delivery date (of a futures contract); finale (of a noh song); end of an act (in jōruri or kabuki)
loving home; happy home; newlyweds' home
passion; enthusiasm; zeal
to burn; to burn with (emotion, feeling); to be fired up
correction; revision; amendment
to reach one's ears; to come to one's knowledge; to hear about; to enter one's ears (e.g. of water)
unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate
disapproval; reluctance; unwillingness
too; also; still; as before; even so; either way
it is, isn't it?; I know, right?; innit?
to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate
quickly, in a bouncing way (e.g. for a bow)
a-ha-ha (laughing loudly)
one has no other choice but to do what one has to do
finally; at last; barely; narrowly; gradually; little by little
sleep; sleeping; inactivity; death
to wake up; to awake; to awaken to (instinct, ability, perception, etc.); to become aware of; to come to one's senses
physical strength; muscle strength
tempering (metal); annealing; forging; toughening; disciplining; training
image (in one's mind); impression; (computer) image; depiction (e.g. of a product); rendition
lower back; waist; hips; body (of hair, noodles, paper, etc.); resilience; spring
substitute; replacement; stand-in; proxy; compensation; exchange
teacher's cane; teacher's pointer
to agree on; to agree about
to break on the shore and retreat (of a wave)
hole; opening; pit; hollow; burrow; den; deficit
many; much; plenty; hardly
to open (e.g. doors); to open (e.g. business, etc.); to be empty; to be vacant; to be available; to be open (e.g. neckline, etc.); to have been opened (of one's eyes, mouth, etc.)
diligently; assiduously; industriously; beavering away
to dig; to excavate; to delve into; to dig up (vegetables, treasure, etc.); to mine (coal, ore, etc.); to top
to collect; to assemble; to gather
to harden; to freeze; to put together; to collect; to make secure; to stabilize; to fortify
foundation; base; basis; from the beginning; from the outset; by nature