lie; fib; mistake; error; unwise move; bad decision
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
spell; curse; dharani; mantra
book; volume; this; present; main; head
reserve; spare; preparation; preliminaries
to include (in a group or scope); to instruct; to make one understand; to include (a nuance); to put in (an implication); to put in (someone's) mouth
that way; that direction; there; that (one); you; your family
same; identical; equal; anyway; anyhow; in either case
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
with; by; because of; on account of; on (a day, date); at (a time); adds emphasis to preceding word
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good
dawn; daybreak; event (e.g. "in the event of ..."); occasion; occurrence
slow; time-consuming; late (in the day); towards the end (of the day or night); later (than expected or usual); late
I'm sorry; my apologies; excuse me; pardon me
feather; plume; wing; shuttlecock (in badminton)
counter for waves (of a repeated occurrence)
face; visage; look; expression; honor; honour
red; crimson; Red; communist; (arch.) beautiful
again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and
the four great sages (Buddha, Christ, Confucius, Socrates)
sky; heaven; God; svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); deva (divine being of Buddhism); top (of a book); sole (of a Japanese sandal)
the four cardinal directions; north, east, south and west; surroundings; many countries; the whole world; all around; here and there
to rule; to govern; to administer
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
body; physique; shape; form; substance; identity; field
cryptid (unidentified mysterious creature); mythical beast
method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
water (esp. cool, fresh water, e.g. drinking water); fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid; flood; floodwaters; water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout
in; at; on; as for; regarding; with regards to
(abstract) symbol; emblem; representation
four Taoist gods said to reign over the four directions; four gods said to reign over the four seasons
correspondence (to); equivalence; suitability; coordination; dealing with; coping with
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
structure; construction; makeup; framework; organization; pattern
use; utilization; utilisation; application
favorite (to win); favourite; likely winner; one's heart's desire; first choice
sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
3 o'clock; afternoon snack (eaten around 3 o'clock); three ages of Buddhism (following the death of Gautama Buddha; age of the true law, age of the copied law, and age of the degeneration of the law); three ages of the dharma
direction; orientation; bearing; course (e.g. of action)