creak; squeak; creaking; discord; strife; friction
earth; soil; the earth (historically, esp. as opposed to the heavens); the ground; low-quality torinoko-gami (containing mud); (period of) refraining from construction in the direction of the god of the earth (in Onmyōdō)
to be buried; to be covered; to be hidden
to end; to be finished; to die; to perish; to do utterly; to do completely
dimly; faintly; absentmindedly; vacantly; idly; aimlessly
cutlet (usu. crumbed and fried)
one-by-one; separately; in detail
to stop (in one's tracks); to come to a stop; to halt; to pause; to stand still
to come and see (someone, something); to visit
to blink (one's eyes); to wink; to bat
to show up; to appear; to turn up
to save; to rescue; to help; to assist; to support (financially); to contribute (to)
request; favour (to ask); wish; please
to attack; to assault; to assail
to become loose; to slacken (e.g. rope); to become less tense; to relax; to slacken (e.g. coldness, supervision); to become lax; to become softer (e.g. ground, facial expression)
advent of a golden opportunity
to complain; to make a complaint
to pay no heed to; to not care about; to take no notice of
details; particulars; longitude and latitude; warp and weft; warp and woof
to live together; to be close friends; (lit.) to eat out of the same pot
to polish; to shine; to brush (e.g. teeth); to refine (e.g. a skill); to improve; to cultivate
to come together; to merge; to fit; to match; to be profitable; to be equitable
to say in other words; to put another way; to express in different words; to reword; to rephrase
anyhow; at any rate; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case
relation; relationship; participation; involvement; influence; effect
to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time
to have something on one's mind; to have (undisclosed) reservations; to feel conflicted
address (e.g. opening or closing remarks); speech; ci (Chinese literary form); ancillary word
to lose; to be defeated; to succumb; to give in; to be inferior to; to break out in a rash due to (e.g. lacquer, shaving, etc.)
to go out; to go around; to walk about; to roam
iron grill; iron grille; iron lattice; prison
to hesitate to say; to mumble; to hem and haw; to falter
intermittently; bit by bit; little by little; in drops (e.g. of rain)
(my) wife; inside the home; one's family
link (e.g. in a chain of events); part (of a plan, campaign, activities, etc.); monocyclic
to be defeated; to be beaten; to be unsuccessful; to lose
severe; harsh; hard; cruel; rigorous
to have one's name entered (in a list)