wisdom; wit; sagacity; prajna (insight leading to enlightenment)
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that...
slowly; quietly; steadily; soon; momentarily; before long
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pile (of noodles, etc.); bullet
Japanese league; ri; neighbourhood (under the ritsuryo system; orig. of 50 homes); unit of area (approx. 654m by 654m)
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
secondary residence; vacation home; villa
line (of text); row; carya (austerities); samskara (formations); semi-cursive style (of writing Chinese characters); running style
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
mistake; error; accident; mishap; improper conduct (e.g. between man and woman); indiscretion
growth; development; one's early life; upbringing; personal history
wish; desire; hope; prospect; expectation; (one's) hopes
to connect; to link together; to tie; to fasten; to maintain; to preserve
friend; ally; supporter; taking sides with; supporting; standing by
to be (animate); to be; to be ..ing; to (have the audacity to) do
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
something; some; somehow; for some reason; (is there) something (you want, etc.)
you (when referring to one's equals or inferiors)
let me humbly say; most humbly; with all due respect
to bend down; to bow down; to prostrate oneself; to hide oneself
request; favour (to ask); wish; please
I; me; oneself; (arch.) you; (arch.) prefix indicating familiarity or contempt
very young; little; childish; immature
(approximate) time; around; suitable time (or condition); time of year; season
than; from; out of; except; but; more
education; training; discipline
emphasizes direct object of action
to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)
please; somehow or other; one way or another
this occasion; at this time; now
life; life force; lifetime; lifespan; most important thing; foundation
to cancel; to withdraw; to retract; to take back (words, etc.); to revoke
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
indicates reason or excuse; indicates dissatisfaction; indicates desire to be pampered or indulged
avenue; street; coming and going; street traffic; flow (of water, air, etc.); transmission (of sound); reach (e.g. of voice)
to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate
Satsuma (former province located in the west of present-day Kagoshima Prefecture); sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas)
without; unless; have to do
exemplar; model; example; pattern
lower reaches (of a river); bottom; lower part; lower half (of the body, esp. the privates); feces (faeces); end
wise; sagacious; intelligent; sensible
to be; to exist; to be (honorific copula)