honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
family; members of a family
please; kindly; by all means; certainly; here you are; to give
high; tall; expensive; high-priced; high (level); above average (in degree, quality, etc.)
to live (of humans); to reside; to inhabit; to dwell; to abide
very interesting; of absorbing interest; having a keen interest (in); being immensely curious (about)
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
detached house; stand-alone house; single-family home
to be put in order; to be put to rights; to be disposed of; to be solved; to be finished; to be married (off)
stairs; stairway; staircase
guidance; leading (the way); information; notice; announcement (of one's arrival); invitation
ward; borough; city (in Tokyo); district (e.g. electoral); section; zone (e.g. postal)
land readjustment; town planning
low-lying part of a city (usu. containing shops, factories, etc.); Shitamachi (low-lying area of eastern Tokyo near Tokyo Bay, incl. Asakusa, Shitaya, Kanda, Fukugawa, Honjo, Nihonbashi, Kyobashi and surrounds)
only; merely; but; no more than
to come into contact with; to touch (each other); to have a brush with
re-; again; repeated; deutero-; deuto-; deuter-
time; season; period; phase; stage
quiz; short test; mini test
seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of
kitchen; financial situation
to lie down; to throw oneself down
futon; Japanese bedding consisting of a mattress and a duvet; round cushion used for Zen meditation (traditionally made of woven bulrush leaves)
to be wrapped up (e.g. in a blanket); to cover oneself
to smell; to smell of; to have a smell
pillow; bolster; introduction (e.g. to a rakugo story); lead-in
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to hug; to have (a thought or feeling); to hold; to harbour (suspicion, doubt, etc.)
to inhale; to breathe in; to suck up; to absorb; to soak up
as one pleases; irresponsibility; free-for-all
to mount (animal behaviour); to assert dominance
selfish; egoist; (arch.) self-indulgent; (arch.) wilful; (arch.) willful
defenseless; defenceless; unprotected; vulnerable
to sprawl; to lie sprawled; to stretch oneself out; to lie relaxed on one's side
meaning; significance; sense
a little; some; somewhat; amount; quantity; number
almost; roughly; approximately
door (Western-style, car, etc.)
shiba (Japanese breed of dog); shiba inu; brushwood dog
to get up (e.g. from bed); to make one's way in the world; to achieve in life