town; city; municipal; urban
underground train; subway
to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)
minute (unit of time); fun (one tenth of a monme, 5.787 grains)
together (with); at the same time; in a lump
occupation; profession; job; vocation; trade; calling
scattered; disperse; loose; disconnected; in pieces; in drops
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
traffic; transportation; communication; exchange (of ideas, etc.); intercourse
relation; relationship; participation; involvement; influence; effect
close (e.g. friend); familiar; familiar (e.g. story); well-known (to one); close (relatives); closely related
comprehension; consent; understanding; OK; roger (on two-way radio)
thin; pale; light; watery; thin; weak (taste, etc.); little (affection, etc.) not much (of a presence)
emergency exit light; guide light
defect; deficiency; imperfection; Yours in haste
collision; crash; running into; conflict; quarrel; clashing
tail (animal, kite, comet, etc.); tail end; slope at the foot of a mountain
castle (in place names); castle; fortress
older brother; elder brother
railway crossing; railroad crossing; starting line; scratch; determination; stepping over the edge of the ring
ear (of a cereal plant); head; point (of a brush, spear, etc.); tip; crest (of a wave); scion (in grafting)
to lose (through death) (e.g. wife, child)
tangent point; point of contact; contact (electrical, etc.); point of agreement; common ground
until now; so far; up to the present
invisible person (in science fiction, etc.)
as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that...; trying to...
to behave; to conduct oneself; to entertain; to treat someone (to a drink); to make tea for someone (tea ceremony)
to show up; to appear; to turn up
to raise; to raise up; to wake; to wake up; to cause; to bring about; to start
that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage
suffix for familiar person
honorific/polite/humble prefix