manner; way; appearance; air; custom; convention; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
reality; actuality; practice (as opposed to theory); truly; really; bhutakoti (limit of reality)
because; as; since; because of that; therefore; accordingly
to be mistaken; to be incorrect; to make a mistake (in); to do incorrectly; to mistake (one thing with another); to confuse
as usual; as always; as before; as ever; still
habit (garment worn by nuns, monks, friars, etc.)
(one's) figure; build; physique; style
business; task; use; purpose; for the use of ...; used for ...
inner; underwear; undergarment; innerwear
thin (paper, cloth, porcelain, etc.); of thin make; superficial (knowledge, critique, etc.); shallow; slight wound; slight cut
devising (a way); contriving; device; design; dedication to spiritual improvement (esp. through Zen meditation)
than; rather than; instead of; from; out of; except
as a matter of fact; by the way; to tell you the truth; to be honest; frankly; actually
characteristic (of); peculiar (to)
Mr; Mrs; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
glittering; sparkling; glistening; twinkling
trot; half run; jog; girl in charge of menial tasks in a samurai family
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
to shake; to sway; to rock; to become unstable; to become unsettled; to be shaken
to become confused (disconcerted, disorganized, disorganised); to be flustered; to panic; to hurry; to rush; to hasten
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
tightly (holding on); firmly; strongly (built); solidly; properly; well
fixing (in place); being fixed (in place); fixing (e.g. salary, capital); keeping the same; fixation (histology); user name (on an online forum like 2ch where the majority of users post anonymously)
(place) near by; (place) close by; (place) right next to; as soon as; right after
to seize; to catch; to obtain; to acquire; to understand; to grasp
how; in what way; how about
what's the matter?; what's wrong?; what happened (to) ...?; what have you done (with) ...?; where is ...?
polite; courteous; civil; careful; close; thorough
to come out; to fall out; to fade; to discolour; to wear a hole (e.g. clothes); to leave (e.g. a meeting); to be clear
occasionally; once in a while; now and then
all of a sudden; suddenly; by chance; unexpectedly
to turn up; to make an appearance; to put in an appearance; to drop by
(for something) to have occurred; to have done (something); (for something) to happen on occasion
honorific; term of respect; polite expression; honorific language
distance; range; difference (e.g. in opinion); gap; metric
sad; miserable; unhappy; sad; lamentable; deplorable
secret; secrecy; mystery; secret (e.g. to success); esoteric teachings
to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)
mind; heart; spirit; the meaning of a phrase (riddle, etc.)
hedge; fence; border; limit
to lose (something); to get rid of; to eliminate; to remove
nature; natural; spontaneous; naturally; spontaneously
very; awfully; exceedingly; (not) at all; by no means; simply (cannot)
no, not like that (but like this)
to wake up; to awake; to perk up; to awaken (to the truth, etc.); to come to a realization; to come to one's senses