pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
the body; the flesh; the outer man; one's physique
to be worm-eaten; to be eaten by worms; to affect adversely; to spoil; to ruin
homecoming; return to one's home
figure; form; appearance; dress; state; condition
recruitment; invitation; raising (funds, donations, etc.); collection; flotation (of shares, loans, etc.)
on the occasion of; circumstances; juncture
fraud; swindle; graft; saying you're going to do something but in the end not doing it; making promises without keeping them
relation; relationship; participation; involvement; influence; effect
nature (of a person); sex; gender; sex (i.e. sexual attraction, activity, etc.); gender; -ty
detailed; scrupulous; careful; (arch.) diligent; (arch.) honest; (arch.) upright
to draw; to paint; to depict; to describe; to picture in one's mind; to imagine
(a) little; (a) few; slight; only; just; merely
to render futile; to bring to naught; to waste; to not make good use of
to work hard at one's lessons
moment's leisure; free minute
to be frugal; to be sparing; to value; to hold dear; to regret (e.g. a loss); to feel sorry (for)
small quantity; little; little while; short distance
to grapple with; to wrestle with; to engage in a bout; to tackle (e.g. a problem); to come to grips with; to work hard on
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
to pass (time); to spend; to overdo (esp. of one's alcohol consumption); to drink (alcohol); (arch.) to take care of; (arch.) to support
trouble; hardship; difficulty; anxiety; worry; concern
to be loath to; to balk at (doing); to grudge (doing); to take (good) care of
resemblance; similarity; likeness; analogy
establishing; proving; ascertaining; identifying; confirming
to continue (for a long time); to occur in succession; to come next (e.g. on TV)
association; socializing; socialising; fellowship
written word; written language
to name; to call; to christen; to term
National Institute for Japanese Language and Linguistics; NINJAL; Kokken
construction; building; putting up; erecting; creation; formulation
making (information) into a database; creating a database (from information); entering into a database
corpus; linguistic data; text corpus
now; the present time; just now; another; more