mountain (or hill) behind a house, village, etc.; side of a mountain that gets little sunshine; envious; jealous
whether or not (in phrases like "I don't know whether or not I can come")
eh?; what?; yes; that's correct; (arch.) strengthens a question, assertion, etc.; (arch.) hey
group; party; team; squad; section
confirmation; verification; validation; review; check; affirmation
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...
(fixing) boundaries for religious practices; prohibition (of items, people, spirits, etc. that would hinder Buddhist practice); fence between inner and outer sanctums in a temple; (arch.) short two or three-fold lattice around the front desk of a store; barrier; dimensional barrier
demon; devil; evil spirit; monster; goblin; apparition
practice; training; drill; (an) exercise; workout
degree; amount; grade; standard; of the order of (following a number); about
so; therefore; accordingly; consequently; on those grounds; that is why
how many times; how many degrees (temperature, angle, etc.)
together with; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
tempering (metal); annealing; forging; toughening; disciplining; training
(for something) to have occurred; to have done (something); (for something) to happen on occasion
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
sly; cunning; sneaky; crafty; unfair; dishonest
to take someone (to some place); to take someone along; to lead someone away
permission; approval; authorization; to permit; to authorize
have to (verb); must (verb); is indispensable; absolutely necessary
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
it seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?
extermination (e.g. of pests, demons, bandits); elimination; making someone renounce worldly desires in order to concentrate on Buddha's teachings; curing illness
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
that kind of; of the sort; of the kind; such
a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago
after all; because; but; even; too; as well
perhaps; possibly; maybe; if; in case; in the event that
such; like that; that sort of; very
working adult; full-fledged member of society
worthless; insignificant; unimportant; poor; miserable; wretched
office worker; company employee; company man; salaryman (stereotypical Japanese office worker)
-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now
Japanese person; Japanese people
same village; same town; same province
opposite side; bottom; rear; back; lining; inside; in the shadows
story; tale; talk; discussion
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
shrewdly; smartly; calculatingly; astutely; cunningly
accompanying; travelling together; traveling together; same bank
relatively; comparatively
around there; near there; or thereabouts; or so; such a matter; such a thing