division of labour; division of labor; splitting into groups (e.g. to search)
to gather up; to scrape up together; to rake
by all means; at any cost; whether (one is) willing or not; willingly or unwillingly; on no account; by no means
from the beginning; without hesitation; flatly (e.g. refusing); entirely; completely
absurd; unreasonable; extreme; senseless; disorderly; chaotic
to be crowded; to be packed; to be jammed
clear; obvious; evident; bright; light
strangeness; abnormality; disorder
situation; (present) state of affairs; circumstances
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
evacuation site; exposure; refuge shelter; shelter
designation; specification; assignment; appointment; pointing at
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
amount necessary to fill a container (e.g. cupful, spoonful, etc.); drink (usu. alcoholic); full; one squid, octopus, crab, etc.; one boat; fully; to capacity
married couple; husband and wife; man and wife; his and hers; pair of objects, one larger (for man), one smaller (for woman)
elementary school student; primary school student; grade school student
junior high school student; middle school pupil
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
senior high school student
offer; tender; providing; sponsoring (a TV program)
blue; azure; green; pale; gray; unripe
plastic sheet (usu. blue); vinyl sheet; tarpaulin
above; up; top; summit; surface; before; previous
uniform; equal; even; common; ordinary; usual
facial expression; countenance; look; appearance; expression (vocal, etc.)
to get cloudy; to cloud over; to cloud up; to fog up; to be gloomy; to be clouded (expression)
to paint; to plaster; to lacquer; to varnish; to spread; to smear
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
to spread; to extend; to unfold; to open; to scatter about; to spread around
just (now); quite (near); unintentionally; subconsciously
to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen
to resemble; to look like; to be like; to be alike; to be similar; to take after
how many times; how many degrees (temperature, angle, etc.)