to touch; to feel; to get involved (with); to approach; to be harmful to; to hinder
to shake off; to throw off
memory; sense; experience
to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign
light (i.e. not heavy); feeling light (i.e. offering little resistance, moving easily); light (i.e. of foot); effortless; non-serious; minor; slight
to apologize; to apologise
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
to seem to be ...; to become like ...; to behave as ...
to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
to assume the posture of praying; to press the palms and fingers of both hands together; to beg; to make a supplication; to see (something or someone of high status)
to be highhanded; to be arrogant; to be overbearing
matter; affair; counter for (received) emails, text messages, voicemail messages, etc.; counter for accounts (on a website, email service, etc.)
used item; secondhand item; old; used; previous
incident; affair; happening; event
so to speak; so to call it; as it were
perfectly; right on the mark; spot on; enough; sufficiently; thoroughly
origin; main branch of family
flame; blaze; fire; attack; aggression
such; this sort of; like this
gathering place; labour camp for drifters, criminals, etc. (Edo period); entertainment hall (for rakugo, manzai, magic, music, etc.); vaudeville theater (theatre)
unconcernedly; nonchalantly; shamelessly; brazenly
actual spot; scene (of a crime, accident, etc.); (on) site; (on) the ground; filming location; (movie) set
indeed; really; absolutely; truly; actually; very
question (e.g. on a test); problem; problem (e.g. societal, political); question; question (i.e. doubt); public discussion
to hang; to suspend; to lower; to reduce; to demote; to move back
buttocks; behind; undersurface; bottom; last place; end
to tuck up (e.g. skirt); to abridge; to cut short
barefoot; superior to (a professional, etc. in ability or achievement)
as it is; as one likes; because; condition; state
shrewd face; knowing look
(Edo-period inn) maidservant
guest; visitor; customer; client; shopper
to throw; to fling; to hurl; to neglect; to abandon; to leave alone
nakedness; nudity; bareness; nakedness; being penniless; concealing nothing
to wear (in modern Japanese, from the shoulders down); to put on; to bear (guilt, etc.)
human power; human strength; human effort; human agency
highway (esp. one existing from the Edo period); main road; highway (e.g. to success); path (to becoming ...); subdistrict (in China)
wicked person; evil person; scoundrel; bad thing; mischief