to find out; to discover; to select; to pick out; to look out (from the inside); to be wide-eyed (in surprise, anger, etc.)
kan (obs. unit of weight, approx. 3.75 kg, 8.3 lb); kan (obs. unit of currency, equiv. to 1000 mon in the Edo period; col. 10 mon in the Meiji period); counter for pieces of sushi; 10 points; 12 points
letter (of an alphabet); character; writing
cane; walking stick; staff; wand
to pour in (liquids); to pour in (money); to pump in (investment)
to split; to tear; to burst; to be separated; to be divided
to be torn off; to come off; to be torn to pieces; to be torn to shreds
cheese; tee (piping); T-joint; cheese (said when taking a photograph)
to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to delete; to erase
violent explosion; bursting
sound; noise; (speech) sound; Chinese-derived reading of a kanji
echo; reverberation; spirit of a tree; tree spirit
to break off; to come to an end; to be interrupted; to be cut short; to pause
to escape (disaster, death, etc.); to be saved from; to be rescued from; to avoid (e.g. punishment); to evade (e.g. responsibility); to avert
to store; to save up; to accumulate (e.g. knowledge); to build up (e.g. experience); to grow (a beard, moustache, etc.); to wear
inevitable; inescapable; unavoidable
to go against; to fight against; to oppose; to resist; to deny
to turn over; to change (one's mind); to reverse (one's decision); to fly (a flag); to let (a skirt, cape, etc.) flap in the wind
roundhouse kick; turning kick
to transfer (to a different place, group, etc.); to change; to move to the next stage (of a plan, etc.); to divert (one's attention) to; to focus on (something different); to spend (time); to let (time) pass
with a thud (of something heavy)
comparatively; relatively; fairly; rather; pretty; unexpectedly
to advance on; to close in; to march on; to descend on (the enemy); to move towards; to surge forward (crowd, wave of nostalgia, wave, etc.)
somehow; for some reason (or other); without knowing why
knowledge; information; opinion; view
auto; automatic; auto; automobile; three-wheeler truck; oat
to imitate; to copy; to mock; to trace; to forge
feeling of loneliness; feeling of desolation
to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant
weak; weakly; feeble; frail; delicate; faint (voice, sunlight, etc.)
machine; mechanism; instrument; appliance; apparatus
funny; comical; humorous; ridiculous; silly; absurd
ironically enough; as irony would have it; in a nice little twist
criticism; blame; censure; attack; reproach
to pollute; to contaminate; to soil; to disgrace; to dishonour; to dishonor
boorish; inelegant; unpolished; unromantic; tactless
scarabaeid beetle grub; any insect (or worm, etc.) that lives in soil
to grovel; to go down on one's hands and knees
cheap-looking; tawdry; insignificant