mountain; hill; mine (e.g. coal mine); heap; pile; crown (of a hat); thread (of a screw)
tongue; tongue-like object; clapper (of a bell); talon (of a lock)
eager; earnest; ardent; OFF (on switch)
tree sparrow (Passer montanus); talkative person; knowledgeable person
bump; lump; protuberance; swelling
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
looks; personal appearance; features
foolishness; silliness; stupidity; (arch.) I; (arch.) me
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
originally; essentially; naturally; in the first place; to begin with
ordinary; common; free of charge; unaffected; as is; only
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend
creation; production; creative work (novel, film, etc.); fabrication; fiction; invention
indeed; really; absolutely; truly; actually; very
odd; strange; queer; peculiar
art; technique; means; way; trick; trap
mastery; learning through experience; realization; realisation; comprehension
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
strange; weird; wonder; mystery; cleverness; adroitness
voice; singing (of a bird); chirping (of an insect); voice; opinion (as expressed in words); sound; sense (of something's arrival)
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
though; notwithstanding; although
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
one's heart; one's mind; one's intentions
again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and
honorific/polite/humble prefix
another; different; separate; discrete
to brew (sake, etc.); to cause; to bring on; to bring about
grandfather; male senior-citizen
Shikoku (smallest of the four main islands of Japan)
Awa (former province located in present-day Tokushima Prefecture)
needle-point holder (in ikebana); frog
foot (of a mountain or hill); bottom; base
to live (of humans); to reside; to inhabit; to dwell; to abide
to feel (as if); to have a feeling (that); to have a hunch (that); to feel like doing; to want to do
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to