yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
everybody; every last one of them; all
counter for the ichi-ni-san counting system (usu. directly preceding the item being counted); noun read using its on-yomi; counter for articles; indicates possessive (esp. in place names)
hole; opening; pit; hollow; burrow; den; deficit
first shrine visit of New Year
congratulations!; well done!; best wishes!; all the best!
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me
tasks; things to do; errand; business (to take care of); affairs; engagement
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
just because; even if; even though
forcibly; against one's will
soup containing rice cakes and vegetables (New Year's dish)
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
autumn colours; fall colors; leaves turning red; red leaves; leaves turning yellow; yellow leaves; (Japanese) maple (Acer japonicum)
I'm off; see you later; to go (and then come back)
line (of text); row; carya (austerities); samskara (formations); semi-cursive style (of writing Chinese characters); running style
to sharpen; to hone; to wash (rice); to scour; to polish
to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
medium; average; moderation; middle school; China; volume two (of three); during (a certain time when one did or is doing something)
doing things at one's own pace (e.g. slower than others); doing things one's own way (esp. in an inconsiderate manner)
family; members of a family
as one would expect; naturally; indeed; still; all the same; after all
a-ha-ha (laughing loudly)
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest
funny; amusing; strange; odd; improper; unsuitable
to starve; to be famished; to be hungry; to be starved of (e.g. love); to be thirsty for (e.g. knowledge); to be hungry for
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
bonze; monk; monk's dwelling; boy; son; I; me
happi coat; happy coat; workman's livery coat; traditional Japanese straight-sleeved coat
beast (i.e. any animal other than man); person reborn into the animal realm; brute (i.e. a contemptible human being); damn it; damn
subtle; delicate; difficult; complex; doubtful; questionable
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
good luck to come (omikuji fortune-telling result); future good luck
to be delighted; to be glad; to congratulate; to gratefully accept
good fortune (esp. omikuji fortune-telling result); good luck; auspiciousness; unspecified day of the month (used to obscure the date a letter, invitation, etc. was written)
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station