painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
indicates reason or excuse; indicates dissatisfaction; indicates desire to be pampered or indulged
young; youthful; immature; green; low (number); small
the future (usually distant); future tense; the world to come
to manufacture; to produce; to raise (crops); to invent; to dream up; to create
nonsense; no meaning; meaningless
to end; to come to an end; to close; to finish
in that way; thus; so; so?
finishing blow; coup de grâce
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
how; in what way; how (much); to what extent; however (much); no matter how
dirty; filthy; disordered; messy; indecent (language, etc.); dirty
mean; contemptible; despicable; dirty; foul; cowardly
soldier; combatant; warrior
that sort of; that kind of; like that; such; so
cowardly; craven; unfair; mean; sneaky
imitating; copying; mimicry; behavior; behaviour; action
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
(arch.) inspector (third highest of the four administrative ranks of the ritsuryo system); (noh) old man; white ash (of charcoal)
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
(some) more; even more; longer; further
sincere; honest; faithful
just like that; quite so; I agree; (lit.) that street
to look down over; to look down on
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
way; method; means; resource; course
that gentleman; that lady; he; she
to build up; to establish; to form; to become (a state); to accomplish; to achieve; to change into
to cut into (a conversation); to interject
to throw down; to bring down; to kill; to defeat; to overthrow; to trip up
even if ...; even supposing that ...; also as ...; also for ...; also from the position of ...
himself; yourself; herself
death; decease; (arch.) death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation); (an) out
unhappiness; sorrow; misfortune; death (usu. of a relative); bereavement
thinking; thought; idea; notion; intention; plan
honorific/polite/humble prefix
older brother; elder brother
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first
3 o'clock; afternoon snack (eaten around 3 o'clock); three ages of Buddhism (following the death of Gautama Buddha; age of the true law, age of the copied law, and age of the degeneration of the law); three ages of the dharma
direction; orientation; bearing; course (e.g. of action)
than; from; out of; except; but; more
model; type (e.g. of machine, goods, etc.); type; style; mold (mould); template; kata (standard form of a movement, posture, etc. in martial arts, sport, etc.)