courage; bravery; valour; valor; nerve; boldness
spring; springtime; New Year; prime (of life); height (of one's prosperity); adolescence
funny; amusing; strange; odd; improper; unsuitable
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
wife; bride; (one's) daughter-in-law
as one wishes; the way one wants; to one's satisfaction
father (esp. used in samurai families prior to the Meiji period)
seppuku; harakiri; ritual suicide by disembowelment; seppuku as a death penalty (where the convict is decapitated by a second as they make the motions to disembowel themself; Edo period)
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
to burn; to roast; to broil; to heat; to heat up; to make (charcoal, pottery, bricks, etc.); to bake
to grow up; to become an adult
happy; glad; pleased; joyful; delightful; gratifying
burr (e.g. chestnut); bur; cupule; case
to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to cease; to stop
such; this sort of; like this
management; dealing with; course of events; circumstances; end result (usu. bad); outcome
to attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry
to lend; to loan; to rent out; to hire out
mind; heart; spirit; the meaning of a phrase (riddle, etc.)
in name only; titular; nominal
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)
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
heigh-ho; heave-ho; hold on!; just a minute; la-la
cicada; locust; small-sized pulley
cast-off skin (snake, insect, etc.); husk; empty shell; exuvia; exuviae
as a matter of fact; by the way; to tell you the truth; to be honest; frankly
huff!; yo-heave-ho!; heigh-ho; to butter up; to suck up to
rock; boulder; crag; cliff; anchor
pine tree (Pinus spp.); highest (of a three-tier ranking system)
even; (if) only; just; besides; on top of that
to grow; to spring up; to sprout; to cut (teeth)
isn't it?; let's ...; why don't we ...; how about we ...
to meet (wishes, expectations, etc.); to satisfy; to accompany; to go with; to associate with (someone); to mix with
it cannot be that...; it is highly unlikely that...; it is impossible that...
sorry; excuse me; thank you
thin; pale; light; watery; thin; weak (taste, etc.); little (affection, etc.) not much (of a presence)
there is no way that ...; easy; simple
should (be); bound (to be); nock (of a bow); nock (of an arrow); nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger); wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out
how; in what way; by what means
to smash; to crush; to shut down; to put out of business; to wreck; to break; to butcher