tofu skin; dried beancurd; delicacy made from the skin of gently boiled soybean milk
to cut; to cut through; to sever (connections, ties); to turn off (e.g. the light); to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to punch (a ticket)
to desire; to wish; to beg; to request; to have something done for oneself
pain; anguish; suffering; duhkha (suffering)
death; decease; (arch.) death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation); (an) out
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
spit; skewer; proxy (computer server)
two (long cylindrical things)
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
you; presence (of a god, nobleman, etc.)
sweet half sake; sweet drink made from fermented rice
to distribute; to hand out; to deliver; to allot; to allocate; to place (staff, soldiers, etc.)
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
previously; before; first; before (something or someone else); beforehand; in advance
visit (to a shrine, grave, etc.); worship
understood; I see; OK; present; here
to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)
(approximate) time; around; suitable time (or condition); time of year; season
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that
yes; yeah; hum; hmmm; oof
to cover; to hide; to conceal; to wrap; to disguise
double; double bed; hotel room with a double bed; double-breasted; double-cuffed; double width (of cloth; usu. 1.42 meters); doubles (e.g. in tennis)
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
adds force or indicates command
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound
throwing of mochi to an assembled crowd, esp. during the framework-raising ceremony of a new building
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
slowly; tardily; complaining; grumbling; unsettled (e.g. weather); loose
first shrine visit of New Year
guest; visitor; customer; client; counter for containers used to entertain guests
amount necessary to fill a container (e.g. cupful, spoonful, etc.); drink (usu. alcoholic); full; one squid, octopus, crab, etc.; one boat; fully; to capacity
to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)
cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now