to hang; to suspend; to lower; to reduce; to demote; to move back
to bow; to bow one's head; to apologize; to apologise; to bow to; to yield to
to toady; to be obsequious
to float; to set afloat; to show on one's face (smile, sadness, etc.); to recall; to call to mind
silly; foolish; absurd; childish; easy; trifling
double suicide; lovers' suicide
receiving; reception; eating; drinking; please; please do for me
great antiquity; old-fashioned; long ago
especially; particularly; surely; clearly; as if; as though
bank; banking institution
riddle; puzzle; enigma; enigmatic; mysterious
engine; agency; organisation; system; facility
by means of; due to; because of; according to
to suck up; to absorb; to squeeze (money)
to be saved up (of money)
to return (something); to restore; to turn over; to turn upside down; to pay back; to retaliate; to respond (with)
only natural; no wonder; as expected; of course; as it should be
mother; motherboard; Mother (Superior); title of a senior nun
to have (e.g. lunch); to take (e.g. vitamins)
to get; to earn; to understand; to comprehend; to receive something undesirable (e.g. a punishment); to get (ill)
to lie down; to throw oneself down
in drops; dripping; gently (sloping); sluggishly; endlessly; leisurely
tatami chair; legless chair; small, legless chair used while sitting on tatami
pillow; bolster; introduction (e.g. to a rakugo story); lead-in
instead of; in place of; as a substitute for; in exchange for; in return for; to make up for
to go out to meet; to receive; to welcome; to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family); to call for; to summon
to sound; to ring; to resound; to echo; to roar; to rumble
unusual; rare; new; novel; fine (e.g. gift)
rumbling; (ringing) cadence
to open (a door, etc.); to unwrap (e.g. parcel, package); to open (for business, etc.); to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out
email; mail (usu. in compound words); post; message (sent over a chat application); instant message; male
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
long (distance, length); long (time); protracted; prolonged
formal; strict; ceremonious; stiff
unclear; obscure; unknown; unidentified; ignorance; lack of wisdom
prediction; prophecy; prognostication
book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter
that's the way it is; such is life
perhaps; maybe; perchance; by some chance; by any chance
one copy (of a document); one letter; one-way traffic; pure straight; winning hand containing nine consecutive tiles of the same suit (i.e. 1-9)
light (i.e. not heavy); feeling light (i.e. offering little resistance, moving easily); light (i.e. of foot); effortless; non-serious; minor; slight