to quarry; to cut (timber); to begin to talk; to break the ice; to start a fire (with flint, by rubbing sticks together, etc.); to select and extract (from a media file)
in terms of both ... and ...; from the perspective of ... as well as ...; whether it be ... or ...
unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate
sweet-tasting; sweet; fragrant (smelling); sweet (music); lightly salted; light in salt; indulgent
belligerent attitude; readiness to fight; belligerence
to praise (to the skies); to sing the praises (of); to extol
great; excellent; distinguished; important; awful; terrible
lack of expression; lack of emotion; blank look (on one's face)
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
strawberry (esp. the garden strawberry, Fragaria x ananassa); 15,000 yen
more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once
thanks; gratitude; manners; etiquette; bow (i.e. bending of the body); bowing; reward
thanks; gratitude; appreciation; thankfulness
stealing a march on; getting a head start; secretly acting before others; solo raid on an enemy's camp (for glory)
really; truly; very; extremely; exceedingly; sincerely
both (people); the two of them
sharp, loud rebuke; bark; roar; rebuke used in Zen to achieve enlightenment
barren; sterile; infertile; unproductive (e.g. discussion); fruitless
to glare at each other; to confront each other
to hit; to strike; to strike (noon, etc.); to sound (cymbals, etc.); to beat (rhythmically, e.g. pulse, waves, etc.); to move; to impress
sweet voice; seductive voice
to raise; to elevate; to move something (to a higher place); to put onto (e.g. a shelf); to increase (price, quality, status, etc.); to raise (a wage); to show someone (into a room)
plate; dish; serving; helping; kanji radical 108 (at the bottom)
mountain; hill; mine; (mountain) forest; heap; pile; protruding or high part of an object
conduct; behavior; behaviour
to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)
swing; shake; appearance; behaviour; pretence; pretense; (a customer) coming to restaurant, ryokan, etc. without a reservation or introduction
comfort; ease; easy; simple; (economically) comfortable; raku pottery
to put to bed; to let sleep; to lay (something) down; to put on its side; to let (money, goods, etc.) lie idle; to set aside unused
at last; finally; barely; narrowly; just
hands and feet; limbs; person at one's beck and call; person at hand; reliable worker
real feeling; actual feeling; to actually feel; to have a real feeling (that ...); to experience personally
use; application; employment; utilization; utilisation
excitement; stimulation; agitation; arousal
to be wide-awake; to be wakeful; to be unable to sleep
consciousness; becoming aware (of); awareness; mano-vijnana (mental consciousness, cognizer of sensory information)
light; glow; (a) light; lights; proof (of innocence)
to erase; to rub out; to turn off (a light, TV, heater, etc.); to switch off; to extinguish (a fire, candle, etc.); to put out; to remove (a smell, pain, etc.)
remind me; I forget; was it?; was that what happened?
far from; anything but; not at all ... but rather ...; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention
trivial; trifling; slight; insignificant
to take out; to get out; to put out; to reveal; to submit (e.g. thesis); to turn in; to publish
because; as; since; because of that; therefore; accordingly
a little; a few; small; only; just; merely