danger; Chinese "rooftop" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
expert; learned person; doctor; PhD; instructor at the imperial court (ritsuryo period); pitch and length marks (to accompany a Buddhist liturgical chant, etc.)
lesson; section (in an organization); division; counter for lessons and chapters (of a book)
long (distance, length); long (time); protracted; prolonged
counter for the ichi-ni-san counting system (usu. directly preceding the item being counted); noun read using its on-yomi; counter for articles; indicates possessive (esp. in place names)
hot water; hot bath; hot spring; molten iron
assistant; associate; duplicate; copy; adverb
section chief; laboratory manager; office head; room monitor
honorific/polite/humble prefix
(emotional) backbone; support; backbone (of a network)
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
to lose; to miss (a change, opportunity); to lose (a loved one); to be bereaved of; to concede (goals, points, etc.)
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
birth; giving birth; creating; bringing into the world
parent; parents; dealer (in cards, mahjong, etc.); banker; founder; inventor; (pet) owner
scraps of seaweed; death at sea (metaphor)
how; in what way; how about
to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)
should; must; -able; probably; likely
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
transmigration; reincarnation; metempsychosis
the mere shadow of one's former self; the ruin of what one once was
canned food; tinned food; confining someone (e.g. so they can concentrate on work); being stuck in a confined space
to add; to add up; to increase; to gather (e.g. speed); to include; to count in
night under the midnight sun; white night (at extreme latitudes); night during which the sun doesn't set
every person; each one; everybody
in addition; furthermore; above (which); on top of (which)
magic; witchcraft; sorcery; spell
agglutination; adhesion; fusion; combination; blending; uniting
personification; impersonation; embodiment