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)
peak; summit; ridge; back of a blade
frantic; frenetic; inevitable death; brinkmate (inevitable checkmate)
to recall; to remember; to recollect
head; hair (on one's head); mind; brains; leader; chief; top
skillful; skilful; delicious; appetizing; fortunate; splendid
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
let me see; well; errr ...; uhh ...
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
state of affairs (around you); situation; circumstances
surroundings; environs; circumference
to spread (out); to extend; to stretch; to reach to; to get around; to fill (e.g. a space)
bizarre; strange; eccentric; odd; queer
to have a cramp; to twitch; to stiffen (of a face, expression); to freeze; to shrink (of skin, due to a scar); to tauten
while; even though; despite
previously; before; first; before (something or someone else); beforehand; in advance
flesh; meat; flesh (of a fruit); pulp; the physical body (as opposed to the spirit); flesh; thickness
myself; yourself; I; me; you
mouth; opening; hole; mouth (of a bottle); spout; gate; door
to push into; to cram into; to stuff into; to break in; to burgle; to burglarize
tofu; bean curd; beancurd
kanji "dotted cliff" radical (radical 53)
juice pressed from a bitter orange; ponzu (Japanese sauce made primarily of soy sauce and citrus juice)
honorific/polite/humble prefix
to attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry
fat; tallow; lard; grease
depending on; as soon as; immediately after; as (e.g. "as one is told", "as one wishes"); whatever (e.g. "whatever is at hand"); order; program
the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life
to represent; to signify; to reveal; to show; to express; to make widely known
if; in case; as for; on the topic of; if that's the case; if so
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
going; travelling; act; action; bank; counter for banks; counter for groups or parties of people
to finish; to get it over with; to settle; to pay back; to get along (without something); to make do with (without)
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
to face; to go towards; to head towards
to be greedy; to devour greedily
high class; high grade; high rank; seniority
20 years old; (arch.) twenty
tatami mat (esp. as a measure of room size, either 1.82 sqm or 1.54 sqm)
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
vast; extensive; immense; huge; large; grand