to vomit; to throw up; to emit; to send forth; to give (an opinion); to make (a comment)
to go into; to come into; to penetrate; to become complicated
to use (a thing, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend
opportunity; occasion; (arch.) order; (arch.) sequence; (arch.) successor
indicates two contrasting actions; (arch.) indicates possessive (often found in place names and compound words)
coming out; going out; attending (work); appearing (on stage); start; beginning; origins
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
deer (esp. the sika deer, Cervus nippon); cervid
very; extremely; terrible; horrid; remarkable; extraordinary
composite image; photomontage; photoshopped image
lead (in a cheer, toast, song, etc.); (someone's) lead; folk song and dance performed by a group; leader of a group of wind instruments (in gagaku)
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
famous product; special product; speciality; specialty
sailfin sandfish (Arctoscopus japonicus); Japanese sandfish
talent; gift; function; noh (theatre)
substitution; material; price; margin (e.g. for stapling, etc.); area required for something; (arch.) shiro (unit of land area equal to one-fiftieth of a tan; approx. 19.83 m.sq.)
spring; springtime; New Year; prime (of life); height (of one's prosperity); adolescence
hinoki cypress (Chamaecyparis obtusa); Japanese cypress
mountain; hill; mine (e.g. coal mine); heap; pile; crown (of a hat); thread (of a screw)
natto (fermented soybeans)
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
mansion; palace; (arch.) nobleman; (arch.) noblewoman; (arch.) cabin (on a boat, carriage, etc.)
to bend; to crook; to lean; to tilt; to bend (the truth); to distort
circular bento box; something ring-shaped; handcuffs
Ming dynasty (China, 1368-1644)
to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
asking would be rude; tasteless question
platform; podium; (ceremonial) mound; world (of haiku, art, etc.); (literary) circles; (arch.) mandala
birth; birthplace; born in (country, month, imperial era, zodiac year, etc.)
whereabouts; country; one's home village; one's residence
wisdom; jnana (higher knowledge)
exclamation of surprised disappointment, disgust, or worry (yuck, ick, ack, eeew, crap!, blech, gross)
junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
study; diligence; discount; reduction