ceiling; ceiling (e.g. of share price); ceiling price
head (of a household, etc.); leader; owner; proprietor; subject (of a rumour, etc.); doer (of a deed); guardian spirit (e.g. long-resident beast, usu. with mystical powers)
zabuton; flat floor cushion used when sitting or kneeling; usu. rectangular
to spread out (e.g. a futon); to lay out; to lay down (e.g. a cushion); to impose widely (e.g. martial law); to promulgate; to pin down; to hold down
speech; expression; wording; language
in the manner of an old person; like that of an old person; fusty; old-fashioned; fogyish
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
to call; to summon; to eat; to drink; to put on; to wear; to buy
he; she; that person; that; that one; that thing
complete; whole; perfect; safe
visitor from afar; joy-bringing spirit from the divine realms
one-by-one; separately; every single; each and every; without omission
man; male; masculine gender
suffix for familiar person
to rush into; to surge into; to crowd into
defense; defence; protection
to penetrate; to sink in; to devote oneself (to); to do intently and exclusively; to do throughout (e.g. the night)
to refuse; to reject; to repel; to repulse; to make (someone) leave; to send away
accommodation; taking in; imprisonment; detention; containing (e.g. words in a dictionary); adding
care; looking after; repair; (police) raid; crackdown
harvest; crop; fruits (of one's labors); gain; catch (fishing); bag (hunting)
falling together; mutual destruction; joint bankruptcy
slip; omission; upshot; denouement; punch line (of a joke)
to prepare for death; to get ready to die
to remain; to abide; to stay (in the one place); to be limited to; to be confined to; to only account for
to sow; to plant; to sow (the seeds of; e.g. conflict); to sprinkle (gold or silver powder on lacquerware)
kind; sort; species; species
old age; age; old people; (arch.) I; (arch.) me; (arch.) my humble self
opinion; view; comment; scolding; reprimand; rebuke
exchange; interchange; switching; reciprocity; barter; substitution
measure; step; countermeasure; counterplan; countermove; strategy
sound argument; fair argument; just reasoning
different opinion; objection
to insert; to interrupt; to slip in a word; to harbor (e.g. doubts); to harbour
space; room; unused land; room (for reconsideration, doubt, etc.); leeway; margin
how many people; a number of people
continuance; survival; persistence; retention; duration
to abandon; to fail; to desert; to forsake
one (esp. of two); the other; on the one hand; on the other hand; whereas; although
duty; sense of duty; honor; in-law; relation by marriage
because of; owing to; due to
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
representation; representative; exemplification; typification; leader; switchboard number