minute (unit of time); fun (one tenth of a monme, 5.787 grains)
to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend
at first; in the beginning; originally
to get on (train, plane, bus, ship, etc.); to get in; to get on (e.g. a footstool); to step on; to reach; to go over; to follow
gradually; by degrees; little by little; steps; stairs; staircase
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
to be absent; to take a day off; to rest; to have a break; to go to bed; to (lie down to) sleep
blowing (e.g. of the wind); playing (a wind instrument); player (e.g. clarinet); (pair of) bellows; casting; founding
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
everyone; anyone; no one; nobody
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
creepy (feeling); uneasy (feeling); bad (feeling); giving one the creeps; hideous; scaring
it seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?
to be disheartened; to lose heart; to be sprained; to be snapped; to be broken
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
have no choice; there is nothing but; no more than
ten; 10; ten years of age
double; twice (as much); times (as much); -fold; 1-nth; 1 to n
making a round trip; going and returning; round-trip ticket; return ticket; correspondence; exchanging (letters)
to wave; to shake; to sprinkle; to throw (dice); to cast (actor); to allocate (work); to turn down (somebody)
challenge; defiance; dare; attempt; try
paper umbrella; bamboo-and-oiled-paper umbrella
both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold
to clasp; to grasp; to hold (the answer); to have (e.g. the solution); to seize (power); to hold (the reins)
to change way one holds something; to transfer something from one hand to the other
exhausted; tired; withered; worn out; boiling until shapeless or mushy; tediously
matter; affair; counter for (received) emails, text messages, voicemail messages, etc.; counter for accounts (on a website, email service, etc.)
to arrive at; to reach; to sit on; to sit at (e.g. the table)
entrance; front door; entryway; entranceway; entry hall; vestibule
to lie down; to throw oneself down
so; like this; in this way
to return; to come home; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate
tired; frazzled; tiresome; tiring; draining
(very) patient; persevering
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
learning; scholarship; study; study of ...; -ology; -ics
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
sometimes; occasionally; at times; seasonal; of the season; appropriate (for the season or occasion)