good performance; good work; great success
dui (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: swamp, west)
spirit of a deceased person; the Holy Ghost; the Holy Spirit
slip; omission; upshot; denouement; punch line (of a joke)
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
local governor (Edo period); local magistrate; bailiff; deputy official (middle ages); acting administrator
foe; enemy; resentment; enmity; harm; injury
slide (used for projection); magic lantern
waterway; channel; wake (of a ship)
to avoid (physical contact with); to ward off; to avert; to put aside; to move out of the way
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
lowness (of degree, value, etc.); inferiority; second volume (of two); third volume (of three)
bubble; foam; froth; head on beer
mark; sign; symbol; emblem; badge; crest
aah!; ooh!; oh no!; oh boy!
(in gagaku or noh) middle section of a song
army; armed forces; military authorities; team; group
Lagenaria siceraria var. gourda (variety of bottle gourd); gourd (container) made from its fruit
Eh?; What?; Come on!; Damn!
as one would expect; naturally; indeed; still; all the same; after all
(arch.) pit; (arch.) hole; kan (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: water, north)
Okinawa (city, prefecture)
festival; feast; harassment by an Internet pitchfork mob; online shaming; galore (as in "goals galore"); frenzy
method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
oh; ho; exclamation of surprise, admiration, etc.; hoo (owl call); toot (sound of a flute)
dangerous; risky; in danger; in jeopardy; uncertain; unreliable
to receive; to take; to get somebody to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
to lose focus; to let one's mind wander; to relax one's attention
good and evil; purity and impurity; voiced and unvoiced consonants
chaos; confusion; disorder; chaotic; confused; uncertain
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
difficult; tough; formidable; redoubtable; stubborn
to guide; to lead; to show the way; to derive; to deduce
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
insert (in a magazine, newspaper, etc.); foldout; insertion
arranged; taken care of; settled; completed; finished
custom; practice; said; aforementioned; instance; example
tactics; strategy; military operation; naval operation
to move (house); to transfer (department); to change the target of interest or concern; to elapse (passage of time); to be permeated by a colour or scent; to be infected
comprehension; consent; understanding; OK; roger (on two-way radio)
tune; tone; vein; mood; condition; state of health