to divide (into); to split (into); to share; to distribute; to distinguish; to discriminate; to break up (a fight)
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
back; rear; background; behind the scenes
fresco; mural; wall painting
to turn one's head; to look over one's shoulder; to turn around; to think back (on); to reminisce; to look back (on)
box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building
root (of a plant); root (of a tooth, hair, etc.); center (of a pimple, etc.); root (of all evil, etc.); source; one's true nature
Japanese league; ri; neighbourhood (under the ritsuryo system; orig. of 50 homes); unit of area (approx. 654m by 654m)
travelling clothes; traveling clothes; travelling outfit; traveling outfit
lattice; counter for large bundles (e.g. 10 sheafs of rice, 200 sheets of calligraphy paper, 20 whistling arrows, 100 fish); handbreadth (unit for measuring the length of arrows)
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest
to refuse; to reject; to inform; to give notice; to ask leave; to excuse oneself (from)
recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
when it comes to ...; concerning; where ... are concerned
to smoke; to breathe in; to suck; to sip; to absorb; to soak up
as is; as it is; as things are; like this; this way; at this rate
to flow out; to stream out; to pour out; to gush forth; to leak; to ooze out
foundation; base; basis; from the beginning; from the outset; by nature
to soak into; to permeate; to penetrate
to rot; to go bad; to corrode; to weather; to become useless; to blunt; to become depraved
destruction; collapse; crumbling
great; excellent; very troublesome; awful; tiring; tough
(I) will; (I) shall; let's; (I) wonder (if); might it be (that); hey
by myself; in person; by oneself
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
anyhow; at any rate; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case
to stop; to turn off; to park; to prevent; to suppress (a cough); to stop (someone from doing something); to dissuade
to stuff into; to jam; to shorten; to move closer together; to reduce (spending); to conserve; to focus intently on
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
circumference; girth; surroundings; neighbourhood; people surrounding oneself; surrounding circumstances
chair; stool; post; office; position
to think of; to hit upon; to come into one's mind; to remember; to recall
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
at that time; at that moment; then; on that occasion
to come to mind; to pop into one's head
bank; weir; embankment; levee
arm; skill; efforts; ability