to invite; to ask (someone to do); to tempt; to lure; to induce (tears, laughter, sleepiness, etc.); to arouse (e.g. sympathy)
acquaintance; making someone's acquaintance
mark; sign; symbol; emblem; badge; crest
one cup (of sake); (going out for, treating someone to) a drink; small drinking party
to advance; to move forward; to carry forward (plans, work, etc.); to proceed with; to raise; to elevate
cooked rice; meal; food; one's living; livelihood
to pour into; to wash down; to insert (e.g. into a data stream)
to satisfy (conditions, one's appetite, etc.); to meet (e.g. demands); to fulfill; to fill (e.g. a cup); to pack; to supply
consciousness; awareness; relief; calm
intermittently; bit by bit; little by little; in drops (e.g. of rain)
one's station in life; one's personal history; one's circumstances; one's lot; one's destiny; one's future
older brother; elder brother
to eat (fodder, grass, etc.); to receive (a salary); to receive a stipend from one's lord
errand runner; messenger (Azuchi-Momoyama period); patroller; minor official (Edo period)
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
merger (of companies, towns, etc.); combination; union; amalgamation; consolidation; coalition
head of family; originator
to move (house); to transfer (department); to change the target of interest or concern; to elapse (passage of time); to be permeated by a colour or scent; to be infected
approximately; about; promise; appointment; shortening; reduction
rate; ratio; profit; assignment; 10%; unit of ten percent; match
life; lifetime; career; for life; all one's life; throughout one's life
to shrug (shoulders); to duck (head); to draw back (body)
extinction; discontinuation; severance; rupture; to become extinct; to cease to exist
to live (of humans); to reside; to inhabit; to dwell; to abide
narrow; confined; small; limited; narrow-minded; confining
filthy; squalid; dirty; foul; sordid
warm; mild; warm (of a colour); mellow; having enough money
to compete; to contest; to quarrel; to argue; to deny (e.g. evidence)
to train; to teach; to acquire (information); to learn; to stock; to stock up on
tender; kind; gentle; graceful; affectionate; amiable
to put to use; to make good use of; to exploit
to be in a hurry; to be impatient; to be anxious (to do); to get a fright; to panic; to get flustered
to offer; to present; to set someone up in a high position; to revere at a distance; to do respectfully
from the beginning; from the first; all along; of course
formal objection; opposition (e.g. to a patent)
tread on a worm and it will turn; even a tiny bug will defend itself; even the weakest and smallest beings have their own wills, so do not make light of them
to destroy; to overthrow; to wreck; to ruin
regret; chagrin; mortification; freedom from obstructive thoughts
to scatter; to disperse; to spend on; to squander (e.g. one's fortune); to chase away (e.g. one's worries); to kill (pain)
(unpleasant) state of affairs; predicament; mess
to end; to come to an end; to close; to finish
to hang one's head; to look down; to cast one's eyes downward