to hit; to expose; to apply (e.g. patch); to put on; to allot; to call on someone (e.g. in class); to guess (an answer)
long (distance, length); long (time); protracted; prolonged
letter; missive; note; mail
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
to change; to be transformed; to move to; to be different; to be uncommon
road; path; route; way; distance; journey; road (e.g. to victory)
to walk; to go on foot; to tread (a figurative path); to follow; to advance towards (e.g. a solution); to set out (e.g. on the path to destruction, ruin, etc.)
to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to
whether or not (in phrases like "I don't know whether or not I can come")
to become clear; to be made public
name; given name; first name
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
December; twelfth month of the lunar calendar
tenth day of the month; ten days
god; deity; incredible; fantastic; (arch.) Emperor (of Japan); (arch.) thunder
nest; rookery; den; haunt; (spider's) web
town; block; street; road; 109.09 m; 0.99 hectares
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
century; hundred years; (fig.) a long time
once; one time; temporarily; for a moment; one degree; one tone
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
to attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry
bamboo (any grass of subfamily Bambusoideae); middle (of a three-tier ranking system)
simultaneously; all at once; in unison
flowers budding; blooming; flowering; showing results; becoming popular; blooming
interval; period of time; among; between; good opportunity; chance
rain; rainy day; rainy weather; the November suit (in hanafuda)
to fall (of rain, snow, ash, etc.); to come down; to form (of frost); to beam down (of sunlight or moonlight); to pour in; to visit (of luck, misfortune, etc.)
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
middle of summer; height of summer; midsummer
every conceivable; every single; every possible; all kinds of
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
heaven and earth; the universe; top and bottom; gods of heaven and earth
entirely; completely; cleanly; snugly
to wrap up; to pack; to cover; to envelop; to conceal (a feeling); to hide