beginning; outset; first; onset
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
current; urgent; to confront (an issue); to face (up to something); for the meantime; at present
the front; honesty; uprightness; decency; normality
horizontal (as opposed to vertical); lying down; side-to-side (as opposed to front-to-back); width; side (of a box, etc.); beside
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
nicely; properly; frequently; often; I'm glad that you ...; thank you for ...
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
deep; profound; dense; thick; close (relationship); intense; strong
thereupon; shortly thereafter
body; oneself; one's place; one's position; main part; meat (as opposed to bone, skin, etc.)
slanting; tilted; sloping; distorted (feeling); slanted (e.g. view of the world); bad (mood)
to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
overarm stroke (type of traditional Japanese swimming style)
to quarry; to cut (timber); to begin to talk; to break the ice; to start a fire (with flint, by rubbing sticks together, etc.); to select and extract (from a media file)
at that time; at that moment; then; on that occasion
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first
myself; yourself; I; me; you
to wear (in modern Japanese, from the shoulders down); to put on; to bear (guilt, etc.)
clothes; clothing; garments
to make round; to roll up; to seduce; to cajole; to round off (a fraction); (arch.) to lump together
obi; kimono sash; paper wrapper on books, CDs, etc.; band; belt; cingulum
jaw; chin; barb (of a fishhook)
jaw; chin; barb (of a fishhook)
to tie; to restrain; to confine; to bind; to fasten
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
middle; centre; center; midpoint; heart
to go through; to pierce; to run through (e.g. a river through a city); to pass through; to stick to (opinion, principles, etc.); to carry out
one long cylindrical thing; one film, TV show, etc.; one version; one book; a certain book; ippon; one point
long (distance, length); long (time); protracted; prolonged
black; dark; blackish; suspicious; criminal; darkened and dirty; sooty
to shine; to be visible; to be tinged with; to rise (of water levels); to flow in; to be felt (i.e. as an emotion); to come over one
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
again; once more; a second time
to pick up; to adopt (e.g. a proposal); to accept; to take away; to confiscate; to deliver (a baby)
such ... as; or some such
meaning; significance; sense
farmer; peasant; farming; the common people
chōnin (Edo-period social class of town-dwelling commoners, esp. landowning merchants); townspeople; townsfolk; tradespeople
be (that) as it may; having said that
journey; trip; travels; during the journey; on the way; while travelling
to restrict; to limit; to be restricted to; to be limited to; to be best (for); to be the best plan
to permit; to allow; to forgive; to pardon; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to acknowledge