to often be the case; to occur frequently; to be common; to be popular
scene; spectacle; sight; view
to break; to destroy; to wreck; to ruin; to break (a bill, etc.)
famous place; name of a part (of an instrument, etc.); name and address
approximate (number); rough (calculation); sloppy (person); lackadaisical
width; breadth; freedom (e.g. of thought); latitude; gap; difference (e.g. in price)
carefree; comfortable; at ease; easygoing; happy-go-lucky
eager; earnest; ardent; OFF (on switch)
left side; left-hand side
difference; distinction; discrepancy; mistake; error
end; finish; bounds; limits; delivery date (of a futures contract); finale (of a noh song); end of an act (in jōruri or kabuki)
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
spare (part, tire, etc.); spare (bowling); knocking down all pins on the second throw
forward; frontward; ahead; rectangular front
to break (into pieces); to be broken; to collapse; to crumble; to become less formal; to throw off reserve
just (now); quite (near); unintentionally; subconsciously
accident; incident; trouble; circumstances; reasons
breakdown; failure; damage; hurt; objection; protest
transformation; variation; metamorphosis; modification; deformation; variety
eagerly; earnestly; ardently
success in life; getting ahead; successful career; promotion; climbing the corporate ladder; eminence
habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
to call out to; to hail; to address; to appeal
he; she; this; this one; Hey, you!; You bastard!
carelessly; thoughtlessly; inadvertently
mother-in-law; foster mother; step mother
to jump upon (a moving object)
goal; target; aim; mark; sign; landmark
departure; departing (from ...); sending; sent (by ...); engine; counter for gunshots, bursts of gas, etc.
to seize; to catch; to obtain; to acquire; to understand; to grasp
bottom of one's heart; depths of one's mind; innermost thoughts; from the bottom of one's heart; wholeheartedly; truly
grasping; seizing; holding; commanding; having control over
to throw; to fling; to heave; to toss
thinly; slightly; vaguely; a little
(turned out) all right in the end
kneeling down on the ground; prostrate oneself
to pay attention to another's needs; to attend to; to fuss about; to take into consideration
mon; one-thousandth of a kan (unit of currency 1336-1870); 2.4 cm (traditional unit used to measure shoe sizes); letter; character; scripture