to put back; to return; to vomit; to throw up; to recover (of a market price)
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
dirt; filth; stain; blot; spot
pure; true; genuine; unmixed
to subsist; to keep on living
last (i.e. immediately preceding); previous; pre- (e.g. premodern); before; before; earlier
mechanism; mechanics; machines; mechanic
denotes uncertainty; such things as A and B; A and B and so on; A and B and the like
to turn up; to roll up (e.g. sleeves); to do over and over again; to do relentlessly; to stage a comeback (against) (in mahjong, horse racing, etc.); to come from behind
corresponding to (in meaning, function, etc.); being equivalent to; appropriate; suitable; to be proportionate to; to be in keeping with
Emishi; historical term for non-Yamato peoples in northern Japan; Yezo (northern part of Meiji-era Japan, esp. Hokkaido, but also Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands)
to fish; to angle; to catch; to lure in; to tempt; to attract
annihilation; total destruction; complete destruction; crushing defeat
older sister; elder sister
appreciation of the yen; strong yen; strengthening of the yen; high-valued yen; exchange in favor of the yen (favour)
recipe; prescription (medical); how-to guide (e.g. crafts)
to be aware of; to know; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
absurd; unreasonable; excessive; very; extremely; excessively
aaah!; oooh!; oh no!; oh boy!
dilatorily; sluggishly; to take a lot of time; to become late; to take it easy
polite; courteous; careful; close; overly courteous; overly careful
than; other than; except; but
reality; actuality; practice (as opposed to theory); truly; really; bhutakoti (limit of reality)
to rule; to govern; (arch.) to see; (arch.) to look; (arch.) to watch
grateful; thankful; welcome; appreciated; evoking gratitude
to assume the posture of praying; to press the palms and fingers of both hands together; to beg; to make a supplication; to see (something or someone of high status)
hey there; I say; see here
counter for people (usu. seating, reservations and such)
duty; sense of duty; honor; in-law; relation by marriage
to be brought forward (e.g. by three hours); to be moved up; to be hasty; to be rash; to quicken; to speed up
pleasant; delightful; enjoyable; joyful; cheerful; amusing
shiritori; word-chain game; word game in which players must give a word starting with the last syllable of the word given by the previous player
ultrahigh speed; ultrafast
I'm off; see you later; to go (and then come back)
at once; immediately; right now
to adopt (method, proposal, etc.); to take (measure, course of action, etc.); to pick (e.g. flowers); to gather (e.g. mushrooms); to extract (e.g. juice); to take (e.g. a sample); to assume (an attitude)
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
natural; right; proper; naturally; as a matter of course; rightly
to bite at; to snap at; to jump at (e.g. an offer); to snap at; to hold on to; to cling to
root; origin; source; Ōmoto (religion)
to pin down; to hold down; to cover (esp. a part of one's body with one's hand); to clutch (a body part in pain); to get a hold of; to obtain
without omission; in full