book; volume; this; present; main; head
journal; magazine; periodical
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
to pick up; to adopt (e.g. a proposal); to accept; to take away; to confiscate; to deliver (a baby)
(for something) to have occurred; to have done (something); (for something) to happen on occasion
to be crushed; to be squashed (flat); to be discouraged
crushed flat; flattened; flat-chested girl; sound of a sticky rice cake sticking to something
zabuton (flat floor cushion used when sitting or kneeling; usu. rectangular)
garbage can; rubbish bin; trash can; dustbin
horizontal (as opposed to vertical); lying down; side-to-side (as opposed to front-to-back); width; side (of a box, etc.); beside
study; diligence; discount; reduction
daydream; fantasy; fancy; vision
to sing; to sing (one's praises in a poem, etc.); to compose a poem; to recite a poem
attention; notice; care; caution; advice; warning
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
to stare at; to look hard at; to look up and down; to scrutinize; to scrutinise
I've heard that ...; rumour has it that ...; it appears as if ...
for two people's eyes to meet; catching someone's eye; making eye contact; meeting a person's gaze
kitchen knife; carving knife; (arch.) cooking; (arch.) food
to throw at; to throw something at a person; to throw a person down
again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and
important; serious; valuable; precious; serious matter; major incident
futon; Japanese bedding consisting of a mattress and a duvet; round cushion used for Zen meditation (traditionally made of woven bulrush leaves)
to also be (implies that as well as the earlier stated this is also the case); to be ... or something
furthermore; besides; moreover; in addition; further; above or beyond this
body; torso; trunk; build; physique; health
cat (esp. the domestic cat, Felis catus); shamisen; geisha; wheelbarrow; clay bed-warmer; bottom; submissive partner of a homosexual relationship
to make round; to roll up; to seduce; to cajole; to round off (a fraction); (arch.) to lump together
to sleep; to die; to rest (in peace); to lie idle (e.g. of resources); to lie unused; (arch.) to close one's eyes
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
painful; sore; cringy; embarrassing; exceeding
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young (animal); young woman; offshoot
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
disagreeable; detestable; unpleasant; reluctant
appearing that; seeming that; looking like; having the appearance of
to glare at; to scowl at; to stare intensely at; to examine carefully; to estimate; to guess
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
to restrict; to limit; to be restricted to; to be limited to; to be best (for); to be the best plan