payment; bill; sweeping; clearing away; sweeping stroke (e.g. when writing kanji)
medicated bath; (medical) decoction; infusion; medicinal hot spring
always; all the time; never; usual; regular
to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to delete; to erase
(following a verb) to be sure to; to do (something) so that ...; to make sure to; to try to
intention; plan; belief; assumption; estimate; estimation
vajra (indestructible substance); diamond; adamantine; thunderbolt; Indra's weapon; Buddhist symbol of the indestructible truth
spear; lance; javelin; lance; (arch.) jeering
(in gagaku or noh) middle section of a song
to take back; to regain; to get back; to recover
substance; essence; entity; subject; content; reality
to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last
to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned
container; case; receptacle; coffin; casket
idiot; moron; trivial matter; folly; stupid; foolish
to seal (letter); to prevent; to forbid; to block
to forget; to leave carelessly; to be forgetful of; to forget about; to forget (an article)
Chinese bellflower (Platycodon grandiflorus)
art; technique; means; way; trick; trap
to be effective; to take effect; to work; to function well; to be possible (to do, use, etc.); to be able to
finally; at last; in the end; after all; never (happened)
to wake up; to sober up; to come to one's senses; to become enlightened
black; dark; blackish; suspicious; criminal; darkened and dirty; sooty
father (esp. used in samurai families prior to the Meiji period)
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
to save; to rescue; to help; to assist; to support (financially); to contribute (to)
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
to commit (e.g. crime); to perpetrate; to break (e.g. rule); to violate; to rape; to violate
companion; fellow; group; company; member of the same category (family, class)
day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date
to repeat; to do something over again
(practical) experience; personal experience; hands-on experience; first-hand experience
ten; 10; ten years of age
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
to be broken; to break; to fall through; to come to nothing
no; nay; well; er; you're welcome; not at all
but (still); and yet; nevertheless; even so; notwithstanding
cruel; brutal; ruthless; merciless; inhuman