head; chief; merit; strong point; superiority; major
(laughing) foolishly; (smiling) thoughtlessly; indiscreetly (talking); carelessly (speaking); thin (paper, cloth, etc.); flimsy
to set free; to let go; to release; to miss (e.g. a chance); to lose; to let get away
sign of remorse; indication of regret
to lead; to take the lead (in doing something); to precede; to go before; to die before (esp. one's spouse, parents, etc.); to be a prerequisite
to act violently; to rage; to struggle; to be riotous
disaster; tragedy; tragic incident; horrible accident
to lend an ear (to); to hear out; to listen to
bamboo grass; generally smaller species of running bamboo that do not shed their sheaths (e.g. Sasa spp.)
fear; dread; fright; terror; trepidation; panic
front room; front parlor; lobby; anterior ventricle
breeding; raising; rearing; keeping
horse; horse racing; promoted bishop; knight (court card in mekuri karuta and unsun karuta)
feather; plume; wing; shuttlecock (in badminton)
rabbit; hare; coney; cony; lagomorph (esp. leporids)
upper half of the body; upper body
lower half of the body; nether parts
other than; except for; aside from; apart from; save for
fantasy; illusion; vision; dream
actual existence; real existence; existing in real life
with a momentary flash of light
switch; switch; points; switch (from one thing to another); change
violent explosion; bursting
to cut into (a conversation); to interject
ranking; toplist (e.g. of WWW sites)
just right (time, size, length, etc.)
dark brown; colour of tanned skin
rimless (e.g. glasses); borderless (e.g. printing)
to be crowded; to be packed; to be busy; to be piled up (of work); to be busy (with many things); to be packed (of one's schedule)
general; universal; ordinary; average; (arch.) the same; (arch.) no different
aaah!; oooh!; oh no!; oh boy!
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
weight; weight (e.g. of someone's words); burden; importance; significance
monkey (esp. the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata); ape; sly person; idiot; hick; sliding wooden bolt (for holding a door or window shut); clasp used to control the height of a pot-hook
head (of an office, laboratory, etc.); chief
to extract; to pull out; to draw out; to headhunt; to lure away; to poach