unskilled; clumsy; lousy; poor; awkward; shitty
junior high school student; middle school pupil
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
to return; to come home; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate
appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
to hunt (animals); to search (for a criminal); to go looking for (flowers, etc.); to gather (mushrooms)
extra; more; unnecessary; needless; all the more; even more
how; in what way; how about
to chase about; to hang on; to drive hard
assistance; help; aid; support; reinforcement
place; location; room; space; basho; wrestling tournament
effort; exertion; endeavour; endeavor; hard work; striving
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
(a) step; one step; level; stage; small degree; small amount
(nearly certain) death; extremely dangerous place (or situation) from which one might not return alive; proper place to die; dilemma; predicament
to go in the direction of; to proceed toward; to become; to face (facts, circumstances, etc.); (arch.) to abide by; (arch.) to agree to
beginning; outset; first; onset
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
to go out to meet; to receive; to welcome; to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family); to call for; to summon
(some) more; even more; longer; further
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
to move forward; to move on
way (of doing); manner; method; means
where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
to have a go; to try and do (something); to take a chance with something
report; notification; tip; message (in information and communication theory)
these days; nowadays; present day; at this time (of the day)
public telephone; pay phone
thoughtless; reckless; seldom; rare; ordinary; usual
older brother; elder brother; young man; buddy; fella
to play (games, sports); to enjoy oneself; to mess about (with alcohol, gambling, philandery, etc.); to be idle; to do nothing; to meet up (with friends); to hang out
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
young person; youth; young
sprout; shoot; bud; germinal disk (in an egg)
beheading (as the ending to a seppuku); assistance; help
shape; form; appearance; state; situation; suitable
to take (a photo); to record (video, audio, etc.); to make (a film)
perfectly; right on the mark; spot on; enough; sufficiently; thoroughly
from now on; after this; in the future; from here; from this point