seed (e.g. of a plant); pip; material (e.g. for an article); matter (e.g. of a story); ingredient; leaven (bread); cause
cart (esp. a food cart); stall; festival float; portable shrine dedicated to a god and shaped like a house; stage prop fashioned after a large building; framework (of a house, etc.)
sleep; sleeping; inactivity; death
darkness; the dark; bewilderment; despair; hidden place; secrecy
to jump; to leap; to break up; to close; to hit (e.g. to have a car hit something or someone)
to play (a stringed or keyboard instrument)
piece(s) of firewood (esp. chopped or split from logs); kindling (twigs, branches, etc.); firewood
to throw into; to toss into
pillow; bolster; introduction (e.g. to a rakugo story); lead-in
light; illumination; glow; lamp; light
originally; essentially; naturally; in the first place; to begin with
to close one's eyes; to lower one's eyelids; to shut one's eyes; to die; to breathe one's last
use; utilization; utilisation; application
two times; twice; two degrees
mark; guide; purpose; aim; sight (on a firearm)
to take flight; to disappear
hm; um; huh?; what?; nuh-uh; no
to drive away; to clear; to scatter; to disperse
to be coming; to be popular; to be fashionable; to be angry; to have blown one's lid
noon; midday; daytime; lunch
pure white; blank (e.g. mind, paper)
to a greater or lesser extent (degree); more or less
fixed content; settled matter; done deal
even so (expressing frustration, etc.); still
to entrust (someone) with; to leave (a matter) with someone; to have someone deliver (a message, parcel, etc.); to send (through someone); to use (something) to express (one's feelings, opinion, etc.); to express in the form of (something)
minimum; at the very least
soft; tender; limp; subdued (colour or light) (color); gentle; meek
sunlight; rays of the Sun
to dash over oneself (e.g. water); to take (e.g. shower); to bask in (e.g. the sun); to suffer (e.g. an attack); to draw (e.g. criticism, attention, praise); to have heaped upon
waking up early; getting up early; early rising
between-meal snack; mid-afternoon (around 3 o'clock) snack; afternoon refreshment; afternoon tea
to gnaw; to nibble; to bite; to dabble in; to have a smattering of
forward; frontward; ahead; rectangular front
eyesight; vision; visual acuity
to shrink; to contract; to diminish (in size)
to become possible; to become able to (do)
... being the case; (precisely) because ...; as might be expected from ...
thick; deep; kind; cordial; abundant
series; chain; two reams (i.e. 1000 sheets of paper); verse; stanza
first; firstly; first of all; Introduction; Preface
home town; birthplace; native place; (arch.) ruins; (arch.) historic remains