to mind; to care; to worry
state; state of affairs; appearance; look; sign; indication
complexion; one's colour; one's color; countenance; expression; one's face
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
cat (esp. the domestic cat, Felis catus); shamisen; geisha; wheelbarrow; clay bed-warmer; bottom; submissive partner of a homosexual relationship
tone (of voice); manner of talking
to attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry
explanation; commentary; exposition; elucidation
sentence; composition; text; the literary arts (as opposed to the military arts); academia; statement
to read out; to read aloud; to call out; to finish reading; to read through
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
May; fifth month of the lunar calendar
fifth day of the month; five days
till; to; concerning (an area of expertise); swearing by (one's sword, God, etc.)
mountain; hill; mine (e.g. coal mine); heap; pile; crown (of a hat); thread (of a screw)
to quarry; to cut (timber); to begin to talk; to break the ice; to start a fire (with flint, by rubbing sticks together, etc.); to select and extract (from a media file)
plural; multiple; several
hinoki cypress (Chamaecyparis obtusa); Japanese cypress
five (long cylindrical things)
approximately; about; promise; appointment; shortening; reduction
metre; meter; meter; gauge
300; three hundred; 300 mon; trifling amount; shyster
kilo-; 1000; kilogram; kilogramme; kilometre; kilometer
to hang up (e.g. a coat, a picture on the wall); to let hang; to put on (e.g. a blanket); to put on top of; to put on (glasses, etc.); to wear (a necklace, etc.); to make (a call)
to parade; to march; to walk in procession
end; conclusion; last; final; no sooner than; once
central part; heart (of a city)
company; association; regional Chinese god of the earth (or a village built in its honour); counter for companies, shrines, etc.
grounds (esp. of shrines and temples); compound; churchyard; precincts
dedication; offering; presentation; oblation
to present; to submit; to tender; to hold out
hesitation; indecision; vacillation
to receive; to get; to accept; to take; to interpret; to understand
to turn up; to roll up (e.g. sleeves); to do over and over again; to do relentlessly; to stage a comeback (against) (in mahjong, horse racing, etc.); to come from behind
fortunately; luckily; thankfully
illustration appearing in the first pages of a publication; frontispiece
printing type; movable type; printed text; print
cover (of a book, magazine, etc.); binding; appearing on the cover of a magazine
to look (stare) back at (somebody); to look at again; to re-examine; to prove oneself superior (to someone who had previously been condescending); to look back (behind oneself)