dress; attire; clothing; getup; outfit; personal appearance
usual; normal; everyday; usually; normally; generally
although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish
shirt (undergarment); undershirt; singlet; shirt (outerwear; usu. with collar and buttons)
to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
a-ha-ha (laughing loudly)
empty; void; vain; fruitless; lifeless
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
to hold one's tongue; to shut up
using one's fingers as a comb; combing one's hand through one's hair
to comb down; to smooth down
width; breadth; freedom (e.g. of thought); latitude; gap; difference (e.g. in price)
metre; meter; meter; gauge
snugly; neatly; compactly; cosily
wall; partition; barrier; obstacle; Chinese "Wall" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
kind; sort; type; equal; match; peer
room; chamber; apartment; flat; stable
in its entirety; whole; wholly
clerical desk; office desk
sprinkling (of rain, salt, etc.); pattering; flipping (through a book, etc.); riffling; sparse; scattered
moving (dwelling, office, etc.); changing residence
to end; to come to an end; to close; to finish
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
here and there; everywhere
to pile up; to stack; to load (car, ship, etc.); to pack; to acquire; to accumulate
to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)
to finish; to end; to merely result in something less severe than expected; to feel at ease; to feel unease or guilt for troubling someone; to be sorry
to respond; to answer; to meet (e.g. demands, expectations); to affect; to take a toll; to strike home
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
abrupt; sudden; unexpected
to gather; to collect; to assemble
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
simple; easy; uncomplicated; brief; quick; light
rattling; clattering; trembling; shivering; whining; grumbling
chair; stool; post; office; position
to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
young; youthful; immature; green; low (number); small
front and rear; front and back; before and after; around; about; order; context