to have the privilege of doing
receiving; reception; eating; drinking; please; please do for me
to hang; to suspend; to dangle; to swing; to carry
hiding place; hideout; refuge; retreat; hideaway
whirlpool; swirl; eddy; vortex; maelstrom
you can get used to living anywhere; home is where you make it; wherever I lay my hat is home
counter for the ichi-ni-san counting system (usu. directly preceding the item being counted); a noun read using its on-yomi
chief priest (of a Buddhist temple)
unnatural; affected; studied; forced
dangling heavily; swaying to and fro; strolling; rambling; idly; lazily
warp; curvature; curve; arch
not knowing at all (that); without the slightest idea (that); completely unaware (that)
to joke; to jest; to make fun of; to laugh at; to romp; to gambol
mawashi; belt; mantle; cape; gang rape
to get angry; to take offense; to take offence; to be furious
merit; virtuous deed; divine reward (for virtuous deeds); grace (of the buddhas and gods); merit; meritum
(mental) attitude; way of thinking; attention; care; prudence; intention
from outside; from the side
to destroy; to crush; to break by striking; to spoil; to ruin
in short; in a nutshell; in a word; to cut a long story short
cruelty; hard-heartedness
evil deed; wrongdoing; crime; misfortune; calamity
violent; furious; extreme; intense; fervent; vehement
slight intoxication; being tipsy
nightcap; a drink before sleeping
mediation; intermediation; procuration; entertainment; treatment; reception
vibration; flickering; jolting; tremor
to rock the left hand (to produce vibrato on a koto, etc.)
to put an end to something; to get something over with; to quit something one has been engaged in too long or to an excessive degree
abstinence from alcohol; temperance; prohibition of drinking
to leak out (a secret); to be exposed (a lie, improper behaviour, etc.); to be found out; to get away (of fish)
without noticing; before one realizes; before one is aware of
to set one's hand to; to start work on; to embezzle; to use (money obtained in illegal fashion); to have sexual relations; to have an affair
blunder; miss; slip; oversight
to use tact; to exercise discretion; to be tactful; to be thoughtful; to have the sense (to do); to take a hint
emphasizes direct object of action
gift received from a visitor (usu. used when offering the visitor to partake of part of that gift)
will; volition; intention; intent; determination
unwelcome favor; unwelcome favour; misplaced kindness
to behave like a spoiled child; to fawn on; to take advantage of; to presume upon (e.g. another's benevolence); to depend on
mine (ours) for the taking; something under one's full control
abuse; ill-treatment; maltreatment; mistreatment; cruelty
soft, coaxing voice; wheedling voice; ingratiating voice