place; location; room; space; basho; wrestling tournament
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
deed (esp. negative); act; action; one's doing
that child; that kid; that boy; (arch.) you
wharf; bridge; jetty; pier
sniff; sniff-sniff (esp. an animal); whining; whimpering
vinegar, soy sauce and mirin (or sugar) mixed in roughly equal proportions
Izu (former province located on the Izu Peninsula in present-day Shizuoka Prefecture, and the Izu Islands)
to lose sight of; to miss
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
strife; riot; (media) uproar; brouhaha; feud; tussle
confirmed as completed; everything must go (e.g. in a sale)
to escape (disaster, death, etc.); to be saved from; to be rescued from; to avoid (e.g. punishment); to evade (e.g. responsibility); to avert
surely; undoubtedly; sternly; severely; having no slack; rigid
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
simple; easy; uncomplicated; brief; quick; light
magic; witchcraft; sorcery; spell
to move; to stir; to operate; to run; to make a move; to take action; to be touched
small quantity; little; little while; short distance
running away; escaping on foot
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
to catch; to capture; to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street); towards (someone); at (someone)
child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young (animal); young woman; offshoot
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
the place for; the time for; the level of
monster; monstrosity; giant; influential figure; monsterlike; over-demanding
to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to have a good command of (a language); to play proficiently (of a musical instrument); to work (a puppet); to pull the strings of a puppet
elimination; erasure; clearing; elimination (of variables)
method; process; manner; way; means; technique
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
urgent; pressing; immediate; urgently; promptly; at once
honorific affix; honorific prefix
cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
dangerous; risky; in danger; in jeopardy; uncertain; unreliable
safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good
opposite side; other side; over there; that way; the other party; the other person
ruby; ruby character; small hiragana or katakana readings of kanji usually above or to the side of the kanji (esp. used by printers and in ref. to printed material)
to take (someone) with one; to bring along; to go with; to be accompanied by
diligently; seriously; perfectly; properly; sufficiently; satisfactorily