to wish (for); to pray (for); to hope (for); to pray silently; to recite (Buddha's name, sutras, etc.) in one's mind; to chant (a silent prayer)
to dance (orig. a whirling dance); to flutter about; to revolve
in a hurry; hastily; in feverish haste
mark; symbol; to mark; to put a mark on; trademark; paying attention to; focusing on
easy; simple; informal; offhand; cheap
stockpile; reserves; storing; stocking up; laying in (supplies)
cheese; tee (piping); T-joint; cheese (said when taking a photograph)
exactly; precisely; closely; tightly; properly; without fail
to use up; to exhaust; to wear out
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)
alternately sucking in and blowing out air through one's mouth while eating something hot (in order to cool it down)
washing (esp. dishes and laundry)
year of a person's death; one's age at death
water supply; water service; channel; strait; water course; waterway
extermination; expulsion; destruction
stretching a rope around; roping off; one's turf; domain; territory (of an animal)
common reed (Phragmites australis)
manzai; comic dialogue; two-person comedy act (usu. presented as a fast-paced dialogue, occ. presented as a skit)
light eating; spare diet; not eating much
to line up; to set up; to enumerate; to itemize; to be equal (to); to compare well (with)
to finish reading; to read through
to burn; to burn with (emotion, feeling); to be fired up
yōkan; jellied dessert made from red bean paste, agar, and sugar
receipt; cash-register slip
the four cardinal directions; north, east, south and west; surroundings; many countries; the whole world; all around; here and there
passing (a test, examination, etc.); pass (for admission, transport, etc.); ticket; pass (of a ball); (giving something a) pass; skipping (one's turn)
full up; to have had enough of something (both good and bad nuance)
to cut up; to cut and discard; to eliminate systematically (in fault-finding); to isolate
having nothing to do; having time on one's hands (and not knowing what to do); being at a loose end; being bored
clumsy (work); awkward; poorly made; ugly (of a person); unattractive; plain
shut-in; stay-at-home; hikikomori; social withdrawal; shunning other people
to ingest; to eat; to enter the mouth; to be able to eat
to be to the point; to hit the mark; to be relevant
to brush off; to shake off