excitement; stimulation; agitation; arousal
to buy; to purchase; to value; to have a high opinion; to stir; to provoke
box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building
to give birth to; to drop (a calf, foal, etc.); to lay (an egg)
ruin; wreck; mere skeleton; framework
pillars supporting heaven
materials; ingredients; material (for a novel, experiment, etc.); subject matter; grounds (for a decision, judgement, etc.); basis
remnant; fragment; fraction; odd sum; halfway; half-hearted
to induce (somebody to do something); to tempt; to act toward (somebody in a certain way); to handle (men); to send; to forward to
to join together; to combine; to join up
strict; close; precise; scrupulous
eyes sparkling; with shining eyes; for one's eyes to gleam
to be able to tell apart; to distinguish; to recognize
trivial; not amounting to much; not enough to cause a problem; not as much as expected
checking answers (e.g. to homework problems); verifying one's answers
to put clothes on (someone); to dress; to cover; to coat; to pin (e.g. a crime on someone); to lay (blame)
reading; reading (of a kanji, esp. kun reading); reading (e.g. of a situation); insight
to set foot into; to enter; to step inside; to cross the threshold
to affect; to impact; to influence
ceremony; matter; affair; with regard to; as for
brief remark; few words; one side (e.g. of an argument); ex-parte statement
leaving a decision to someone else (often of a meal to be selected by the chef); omakase
up and down; lightly; nimbly; casually; (strolling about) without a care
book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter
to carry out (of somewhere); to transport; to take out
huff!; yo-heave-ho!; heigh-ho; to butter up; to suck up to
to fit into (a box, frame, category, etc.); to be contained within; to settle down (into); to be installed (in one's rightful place); to settle into (one's position); to take up (a post)
eggs; egg; (hen's) egg; (an expert) in the making; beginning; origin
bird; bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry
young bird; chick; fledgling; hina doll; doll displayed during the Girls' Festival
stork (esp. the Oriental stork, Ciconia boyciana)
cruel; merciless; atrocious; pitiful; tragic; horrible
total darkness; pitch dark; bleak future; poor prospects
to be crushed; to be smashed; to become useless; to cease functioning; to go bankrupt; to go out of business
rattling; clattering; trembling; shivering; whining; grumbling
to take (someone) away; to carry off; to abduct; to kidnap
before oneself; in front of one; a bit before reaching (a location); this side (of a location); one's standpoint; one's appearance; skill
usurpation; taking back; dispossession
spell (that restricts one's movements); binding spell
solution (of an equation, inequality, etc.); root (e.g. of a polynomial); solution (to a given problem); answer; explanation; interpretation