figure; body shape; build; physique; form
because of; owing to; due to
family-oriented; familial
wooden; made of wood; wooden construction
to become experienced (after many years of practice)
pillar; post; support; prop; counter for buddhas, gods, nobles, etc.
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
dirt; filth; stain; blot; spot
to be buried; to be covered; to overflow; to be crowded; to be repaid (e.g. debt); to be replenished
in appearance; to look at; judging from appearances
key; lock; key (to a problem); clue
fusuma; Japanese sliding screen
shoji (paper sliding door)
to partition; to divide; to direct; to manage; to settle accounts; to assume a crouching posture (at the start of a bout)
corridor; hallway; passageway
going up and down; ascent and descent; climb and descent
Japanese dock (plant) (Rumex japonicus)
to jar; to creak; to grate
bustling; busy; crowded; lively (party, voices, etc.); loud; noisy
to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)
teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder
matter; affair; counter for (received) emails, text messages, voicemail messages, etc.; counter for accounts (on a website, email service, etc.)
both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold
malicious; ill-tempered; unkind
day after tomorrow; wrong (e.g. direction)
receiving; welcoming; going to meet; final call; call of fate; approach of death
factory; plant; mill; workshop
to calm down; to compose oneself; to calm down; to settle down; to settle down (in a location, job, etc.); to settle in; to be settled
food (esp. chicken and vegetables) boiled in plain water (or sometimes dashi, etc.) and served with dipping sauce (esp. ponzu)
tsukemono; Japanese pickled vegetables
preserved food boiled in soy
nimono; food cooked by boiling or stewing
which (of three or more); well; now; c'mon
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
to lose one's way; to get lost; to waver; to hesitate; to give into temptation; to lose control of oneself
to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)
to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)
reserve; constraint; declining; refraining; forethought; foresight
doing; in such a state; doing together; doing to each other; familiarizing suffix (sometimes meaning "small")
nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not
anyhow; in any case; at any rate; at best; at most
so much (something) as to (e.g. so moved as to cry); overwhelmed; carried away; because of too much
to throw; to toss; to hit; to strike; to fire into (e.g. a crowd); to launch (e.g. missiles)