to sit; to squat; to be implicated
ice; shaved ice (usually served with flavored simple syrup)
drop of water; vessel for replenishing inkstone water
to dance (orig. a whirling dance); to flutter about; to revolve
stillness; silence; hush; calm; serenity
silence; stillness; quietness
to break; to smash; to defeat; to destroy; to eliminate
particle; atom; little piece; not at all; not the slightest
to borrow; to have a loan; to rent; to hire
to leave; to go away; to pass; to elapse; to be distant; to send away; to drive off
to lift (a person) in one's arms; to help (a person) sit up
earth (color, colour); ashen; deathly pale
to end; to be finished; to die; to perish; to do utterly; to do completely
to examine someone's expression
air hole; windhole; ventilator
to stop up; to close up; to stand in the way; to obstruct; to occupy; to fill up
left and right; right and left; (asserting) control; influence; one's attendants; people accompanying one
one's own convenience; one's way; surroundings; environment; convenience; ease of use; financial circumstances
to clasp; to grasp; to hold (the answer); to have (e.g. the solution); to seize (power); to hold (the reins)
to be on the verge of; to be about to; to be on the point of
to agree; to decide upon; to enter into (a contract)
unwritten law; common law; unwritten rule
biggest; greatest; largest; maximum
taboo; day, time, direction, words, etc. that must be avoided; contraindication
maintenance; preservation; improvement
to rot away; to crumble to dust; to decay completely; to die in obscurity
too much; excessively; too
timid; weak-kneed; fainthearted; bearish (e.g. market)
sobbing; weeping; fit of crying
to leak out; to escape; to find expression; to give vent; to leak out; to be divulged
(arch.) sitting outdoors; room that served both as a reception room and as a living room in a Heian-period mansion; temporary sitting place installed in the garden at the imperial court, used on the occasion of archery or sumo ceremonies
I'm sorry; my apologies; may I come in?; permission; leave; dismissal
top of the shoulders; tip of the shoulder; collar
(picture) frame; framed picture; amount (esp. of money); sum
to push (something) against
to apologize; to apologise
to be ruined; to go under; to perish; to be destroyed
innocent; not guilty; harmless
atonement; the Atonement (of Jesus Christ)