chance; start; cue; excuse; motive; impetus
truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic
coincidence; chance; by chance; unexpectedly; contingency
to lose (through death) (e.g. wife, child)
house (e.g. of Tokugawa); family
household economy; family finances
one move (in go, shogi, etc.); only way; only means; doing alone; doing single-handed
to support; to prop; to sustain; to hold at bay; to stem; to check
should (be); bound (to be); nock (of a bow); nock (of an arrow); nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger); wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out
day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date
last moment; eleventh hour; platform made of dirt used to perform executions (decapitations) in the Edo period
to be postponed; to be deferred; to be delayed
grief; sorrow; anguish; lamentation
younger brother and sister
to comfort; to console; to amuse
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
shopping; purchased goods
foot; paw; leg; gait; pace; bottom structural component (i.e. radical) of a kanji; means of transportation
to twist; to wrench; to puzzle over; to defeat easily
sacred lotus (Nelumbo nucifera); Indian lotus; lotus; rose of Sharon (Hibiscus syriacus)
encounter; being confronted with (e.g. difficulty); meeting with (e.g. accident)
salary; pay; medical care; treatment; advance preparation
to invite; to ask; to beckon; to wave someone in; to call in; to send for
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...
the front; honesty; uprightness; decency; normality
to enclose; to surround; to shelter (e.g. a criminal); to shield; to keep (e.g. a mistress); to store (vegetables, fruit, etc.)
secret; secrecy; mystery; secret (e.g. to success); esoteric teachings
to be aware of; to know; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
cartoonist; comic book artist; manga artist; manga author; mangaka
contribution (to a newspaper, magazine, etc.); submission; post (on a blog, social media, etc.)
business; task; use; purpose; for the use of ...; used for ...
manuscript; copy; draft; notes; contribution
alone; by oneself; on one's own
to draw; to paint; to depict; to describe; to picture in one's mind; to imagine
important; serious; valuable; precious; serious matter; major incident
Japanese writing paper (lined with a square grid, one square per character); manuscript paper
misunderstanding; mistaken idea; wrong guess
to spoil; to ruin; to destroy; to make a mess of
to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
strange; odd; peculiar; queer; curious