purpose; utility; objective; way to use something
unusual; rare; new; novel; fine (e.g. gift)
skip it; drop it; I've had enough (e.g. when offered something); that's enough
contents; interior; substance; content; (sword) blade
eternity; permanence; perpetuity
kalpa (eon, aeon); ko (in go); position that allows for eternal capture and recapture of the same stones
to turn up; to roll up (e.g. sleeves); to do over and over again; to do relentlessly; to stage a comeback (against) (in mahjong, horse racing, etc.); to come from behind
awkward; clumsy; stiff; crude; unrefined; constrained
to shoulder; to carry on one's shoulder; to nominate for a position; to choose as a representative; to take (someone) for a ride; to deceive
(many) mountains; very much (wanting to do something one cannot); greatly; so many; a lot of
rural area; countryside; the sticks; hometown
quickly; at once; right away; hurriedly
cold; chilly; cold (attitude, stare, etc.); frigid; composed; cool
giving two or three light tugs (or pushes); (arch.) worrying about; (arch.) moping; (arch.) suddenly angry; (arch.) feeling a surge of anger
twelve; 12; queen (playing card)
tatami mat (esp. as a measure of room size, either 1.82 sqm or 1.54 sqm)
room allocation; assignment of rooms
one by one; each; every; at intervals of
to divide (into); to split (into); to share; to distribute; to distinguish; to discriminate; to break up (a fight)
young; youthful; immature; green; low (number); small
storey; story; stairs; stage (in chronostratigraphy); counter for storeys and floors of a building
futon; Japanese bedding consisting of a mattress and a duvet; round cushion used for Zen meditation (traditionally made of woven bulrush leaves)
to spread out; to lay out; to take a position; to impose widely (e.g. over a city)
degree; amount; grade; standard; of the order of (following a number); about
poor excuse (of a); nearly non-existent; barely sufficient; token (effort, etc.); symbolic
tokonoma (alcove where art or flowers are displayed)
shoji (paper sliding door)
opposite side; other side; over there; that way; the other party; the other person
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
ordinary; plain; commonplace; usual; normal
to have (e.g. lunch); to take (e.g. vitamins)
pitch; tone; time; tempo; mood; tendency