to fall down; to fall over; to turn out; to play out; to abandon Christianity (and convert to Buddhism); to apostatize
part; portion; amount; worth (as in "two days' worth"); one's means; one's place; one's duty
soft; tender; soft (colour, light, etc.); subdued; informal; light
really; very; extremely; (not) anything; (not) at all; (not) a bit
forcibly; by force; against one's will
comfort; consolation; diversion
to take back; to get back; to regain; to recover; to restore; to recoup
no problem; all right; not an issue; unobjectionable
fortune slip (usu. bought at a shrine); omikuji
to be popular; to come into fashion; to be prevalent; to spread widely (e.g. disease); to flourish; to thrive
going in and out of style; changes in fashion
Benzaiten; Saraswati; goddess of music, eloquence, art, wealth and water
Mr; Mrs; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
doll; puppet; marionette; puppet (person under the control of another); straw man; yes-man
power spot; spiritual hot spot; location said to be flowing with mystical energy
magazine; journal; periodical
near; close; close (in time); soon; close (relationship); friendly
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...
nothing but; except; no more than
place; location; room; space; sumo tournament
selling area; counter; section; favorable time to sell; good time to sell
slightly (of an action); (looking) small and quiet
God and man; heaven and man
form; adjective; i-adjective (in Japanese)
box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building
to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
to rouse anger; to provoke wrath; to offend
strong; potent; strong; brawny; good (at); skilled; being able to handle
excellent luck (esp. in fortune-telling)
good fortune (esp. omikuji fortune-telling result); good luck; auspiciousness; unspecified day of the month (used to obscure the date a letter, invitation, etc. was written)
slightly good luck (esp. as an omikuji fortune-telling result)
good luck to come (esp. as an omikuji fortune-telling result); future good luck
opinion; view; comment; scolding; reprimand; rebuke
to take out; to produce; to pick out; to fetch; to retrieve
below; down; bottom; beneath; underneath; just after; right after
in order; in turn; one by one
terrible luck (esp. on an omikuji slip); very bad luck
bad luck; ill fortune; misfortune
moderately good luck (in fortune-telling)
theory; doctrine; opinion; view; rumour; rumor