rank; place (e.g. first place); decimal place; counter for ghosts
-ical; -ive; -like; -ish; (something) like; along the lines of
position (where one is standing); place where one stands; position; stance; standpoint
to build up one's strength; to get stronger; to give (someone) strength; to cheer (someone) up; to encourage (someone)
to start; to begin; to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to start ...; to begin to ...
to warp; to bend; to contort; to be perverted; to be warped (of a view, mind, etc.); to be distorted
insufficiency; deficiency; shortage; dissatisfaction; discontent; complaint
to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time
left (esp. in vertical Japanese writing); the following
(metropolitan) prefecture (of Osaka and Kyoto); the centre or seat (of) (center); (government) office; fu; historical administrative unit in China, Korea and Vietnam
to talk about; to speak of; to recite; to chant; to indicate; to show
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
to be broken; to break; to fall through; to come to nothing
seems; I think; I guess; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago
language; dialect; word; phrase; speech; (manner of) speaking
continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence
profile; face in profile; face seen from the side; (personal) profile; (biographical) sketch; outline (of someone's life)
distant look; faraway look
long, narrow strip of paper on which Japanese poems are written (vertically); tanzaku; thin rectangle
green; greenery (esp. fresh verdure)
light (e.g. colour, color)
stand; rack; support; holder; counter for machines, incl. vehicles; setting (e.g. in jewellery); level (e.g. price level)
row of cherry trees (lining a street)
than; from; out of; except; but; more
wind; breeze; manner; behaviour; cold; influenza
to blow (of the wind); to blow (one's breath); to breathe out; to play (a wind instrument); to blow (a whistle, trumpet, etc.); to emit (smoke, fire, etc.); to spout
decoration; ornament; trimmings
loose; slack; gentle (slope, curve); slow (speed); lenient; liberal
three large cities (esp. Edo, Kyoto, and Osaka during the Edo period)
axis; shaft; center; centre; stalk; stem
to hold hands; to join hands; to do together; to go arm in arm; to join forces; to link hands
western direction; Western Pure Land (Amitabha's Buddhist paradise); western fighter in a match (e.g. sumo)
mountain range; mountain belt
centre; center; middle; capital; seat of government
flow (of a fluid or gas); stream; flow (of people, things); passage (of time); course (of events); (step-by-step) procedure; group of people who remain together after the end of an event
to raise; to bring up; to rear; to cultivate; to foster; to nurture