to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
what kind of business; what sort of matter
companion; fellow; group; company; member of the same category (family, class)
together with; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
emergency; extraordinary; unusual
difficulty; hardship; trouble; infeasibility; inability (to carry out)
duty; function; office; mission; task
to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend
end; finish; bounds; limits; delivery date (of a futures contract); finale (of a noh song); end of an act (in jōruri or kabuki)
other (place, thing, person); the rest; outside; beyond; nothing except; nothing but
to be hit; to strike; to touch; to be in contact; to be equivalent to; to be applicable; to be right on the money (of a prediction, criticism, etc.)
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
nth year in the Shōwa era (1926.12.25-1989.1.7)
confirmation; verification; validation; review; check; affirmation
incomplete understanding; doubt; question; distrust; suspicion; strangeness
to carry (something) under cover; to carry concealed
won't; hasn't; isn't; won't you
hmm; well ...; humph; roughly; harshly; violently
doesn't amount to doing (something); not significant enough to require (something); unnecessary
apartment building; apartment block; apartment house; apartment
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
older brother; elder brother
married couple; husband and wife; man and wife; his and hers; pair of objects, one larger (for man), one smaller (for woman)
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
brocade; fine dress; fine clothes
thread; 0.0001; one ten-thousandth
hometown; rural township (of China)
in the mountains; among the mountains
condition; state of preservation
periodic; regular; routine
counter for places, parts, passages, etc.
Asian skunk cabbage (Lysichiton camtschatcense)
growing en masse in one location (of plants); living gregariously (of animals); living in flocks, herds, colonies, etc.; all animate creation
impressive; striking; memorable; impactful
liked; well-liked; in love (with); loved; faddism; eccentricity
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
ingredient; component; composition
to melt; to thaw; to fuse; to dissolve
to release; to let go; to free; to add (pieces of eggplant, potato, etc.) to water, broth, etc.
and yet; though; when; in spite of