to choke; to have trouble breathing
another person; other people; unrelated person (i.e. not related by blood); outsider; stranger
success or failure; outcome; result
to entrust (a matter) to; to leave to; to abandon oneself to (e.g. pleasure); to yield to (e.g. anger); to devote oneself to
fear; dread; dismay; terror; horror; scare
next; following; subsequent; stage; station
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
owl (esp. the Ural owl, Strix uralensis)
biggest; greatest; largest; maximum
critical moment; do-or-die situation
discourtesy; impoliteness; excuse me; goodbye; to leave; to be rude
information; news; intelligence; information; data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.
war; battle; match; game; competition
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
to hold back (e.g. emotions); to rein in (e.g. a horse, unruly people); to get the better of; to control; to command
first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
(somebody else's) parents; both parents
question; inquiry; enquiry
to start; to begin; to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to start ...; to begin to ...
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
hostel; dormitory; (arch.) bureau (government department beneath a ministry under the ritsuryo system); (arch.) tea-ceremony room; (arch.) villa
pupil; student; schoolchild
reliance; trust; faith; confidence
thick; deep; kind; cordial; abundant
sincere; honest; faithful
attitude; manner; behaviour; attitude (towards an issue, etc.); position; stance
ordinary; sensible; commonplace
to return (something); to restore; to turn over; to turn upside down; to pay back; to retaliate; to respond (with)
adding points; addition of marks and symbols to a classical Chinese text to aid reading in Japanese
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
two persons; two people; pair; couple
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
relation; relationship; participation; involvement; influence; effect
abruptly; suddenly; all of a sudden; without warning
to step into (e.g. someone else's territory); to break into; to raid; to come to grips with; to get to the core of
social standing of a family; lineage; parentage; good family
regarding as important; attaching importance to; taking a serious view of; putting emphasis on
distinctive of; characteristic of; uniquely applying to; but; except; without
wife; (arch.) my dear; (arch.) dear; garnish (esp. one served with sashimi); embellishment
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that