establishment; creation; posing (a problem); options setting; preference settings; configuration
growth; development; one's early life; upbringing; personal history
to collapse on the street (from illness, hunger, exhaustion, etc.); to fall down dead on the road
to pick up; to gather; to find (and pick up; something someone has dropped); to select; to choose; to get (unexpectedly); to hit upon (luck, an opportunity, etc.)
if it's going to be that way, then ...; if given the choice; if possible; if anything
somewhere; in some respects; in some way
to put a burden on; to tax (e.g. strength)
to be aware of; to know about; to be concerned in; to have to do with
birth (of a person); nativity; creation; formation; one's first birthday
obstruction; prevention; hindrance; check; blocking; stopping
main topic; main subject; main issue; this subject
habit (usu. a bad one); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
to follow; to pursue; to die right after a loved one; to kill oneself after the death of a loved one; to follow an example set by earlier generations (or one's master, etc.)
storage room; storeroom; lumber room
light; glow; (a) light; lights; proof (of innocence)
to shine on; to illuminate; to compare (with); to refer to
miscellaneous; mixed; unorganized
pot; jar; dice cup; depression; basin (e.g. of a waterfall); aim; what one wants
tsukemono (pickled vegetables)
impulse buying; impulse purchase
item; must-have; must-have item; (inventory) item; pick-up
(what) the heck; (why) in the world; one object; one body; one form; one style; one Buddhist image
to freeze; to become frozen; to freeze over
bottle; jar; decanter; flagon; phial; vial
medicine; pharmaceuticals; efficacious chemical (gunpowder, pesticide, etc.); (pottery) glaze; (illegal) drug; narcotic
for a short while; for a while; for some time; for the time being
the opposite sex; isomerism
sexy; popular; well-liked
race; tribe; species; genus; stellar population (i.e. population I, II and III)
to be popular (esp. with the opposite sex); to be well liked; to be pampered (spoiled, doted upon, etc.); to be welcomed
horse; horse racing; promoted bishop; knight (court card in mekuri karuta and unsun karuta)
to go away; to become more distant; to fade away; to be estranged
which (of three or more); well; now; c'mon
four; 4; four years of age; ten o'clock (in the old time system); burakumin; cross grips
pillow; bolster; introduction (e.g. to a rakugo story); lead-in
below; down; bottom; beneath; underneath; just after; right after
explanation; commentary; exposition; elucidation
devil; evil spirit; genie