to be wet; to be moist; to get dim; to become blurred; to become tear-choked
incomprehensible; nonsensical; puzzling; I don't get it; I'm confused; I'm lost
god; deity; incredible; fantastic; (arch.) Emperor (of Japan); (arch.) thunder
exquisite; superb; perfect; miraculous
appetizer; starter; hors d'oeuvre
room; chamber; apartment; flat; stable
to move; to put elsewhere; to tidy; to put in order
dirty; filthy; disordered; messy; indecent (language, etc.); dirty
to be disordered; to be disarranged; to be discomposed; to be upset; to lapse into chaos (due to war, etc.)
to put in order; to arrange; to get ready; to prepare; to work out (e.g. business deal); to arrange (e.g. marriage)
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to be in disorder; to lie scattered around
journal; magazine; periodical
cartoon; comic; comic strip; manga
one (of a pair); incomplete; imperfect; few; little; off-centre
dated (e.g. a letter); date of effect (e.g. a rule change)
door (Western-style, car, etc.)
to be petrified; to be unable to move; to be paralyzed (with horror); to be stupefied (with amazement)
to look around; to survey
easy; simple; ready; casual; off-hand; easy-going
point of uncertainty; unclarified issue; doubt
thundering; purring; something large and heavy starting to roll; scattered about; common; idleness; idling about
book; volume; this; present; main; head
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...
custom; common practice; habit
to change into; to convert into; to transform; to be reduced; to influence; to improve (someone)
bookshelves; bookshelf; bookcase
to push into; to cram into; to stuff into; to break in; to burgle; to burglarize
zabuton (flat floor cushion used when sitting or kneeling; usu. rectangular)
chair; stool; post; office; position
seiza; kneeling with the tops of the feet flat on the floor, and sitting on the soles
sitting cross-legged (i.e. Indian style)
formal marriage interview
married couple; husband and wife; man and wife; his and hers; pair of objects, one larger (for man), one smaller (for woman)
incommunicative; taciturn
best one could ask for; just what one wants; welcome (news); heaven-sent