regret; chagrin; mortification; freedom from obstructive thoughts
floating; buoyancy; fishing float; bobber; buoy; lifebuoy
to lift up; to hold up; to give; to offer; to devote; to sacrifice
to turn pale; to lose color; to lose colour
to use up all one's strength
to mishear; to hear wrongly; to misunderstand
centre; center; middle; capital; seat of government
right in the center (centre)
pillar; post; support; prop; counter for buddhas, gods, nobles, etc.
murder; killing; murderer
to carry in one's hand; to have in one's hand; to lead (e.g. troops); to present (an issue, policy, artistic work, etc.); to take up
to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)
hasty; impatient; restless; rash
direction; orientation; suited to; suitable for; tendency; inclination
shape; form; appearance; state; situation; suitable
I wish I had ...; I should have ...; it would have been better if I had ...
to come and stay; to drop in; to visit
cotton plant (Gossypium spp.); batting; wadding; padding
to soar; to fly high; to be whirled up; to make merry; to be ecstatic; to be in high spirits
stone (used for throwing)
block (of wood); chip; splinter
sprinkling (of rain, salt, etc.); pattering; flipping (through a book, etc.); riffling; sparse; scattered
upper half of the body; upper body
taking a quantity (of time, people, etc.); similar to ...; dependent on ...; reliant on ...; while ...; when ...
ulterior motive; plot; scheme; complicated circumstances; intricacies
to open (e.g. one's robe); to bare (e.g. one's chest); to open up (of clothing); to be exposed; (arch.) to open wide (one's legs, eyes, mouth, etc.); (arch.) to stretch
Japan proper (sometimes excluding the Ryukyu islands and other remote islands); mainland Japan
visit; call; arrival (e.g. of spring); advent; news; tidings
diagonally; obliquely; slantingly; slantwise
to pin down; to knock down; to push (and hold) somebody down (esp. with sexual connotations)
base (of a plant, tree, pillar, etc.); (part near the) root; roots (of one's hair); root (e.g. of a problem); source
counter for small animals; counter for rolls of cloth (two han in size); (arch.) counter for horses; roll of cloth
tail (animal); tail end; tip
large amount of baggage; bulky baggage; cargo
pistol; handgun; revolver