guidance; leading (the way); information; notice; announcement (of one's arrival); invitation
normal; usual; ordinary; everyday
business; task; use; purpose; for the use of ...; used for ...
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
doors and shoji (sliding doors with paper panes)
below; down; bottom; beneath; underneath; just after; right after
to peek (through a keyhole, gap, etc.); to look down into (a ravine, etc.); to peek into (a shop, bookstore, etc.); to sneak a look at; to take a quick look at; to peep (through a telescope, microscope, etc.); to stick out (a scarf from a collar, etc.)
to reach; to touch; to be delivered; to arrive; to be attentive; to be scrupulous
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
skin; body (in the context of intimate bodily contact); surface; grain (e.g. of wood); disposition; temperament
millet grain; something extremely tiny
ticktock; chinking (e.g. of a hammer against rock); knocking; dry and hard; (frozen) stiff; hidebound
to ring; to sound; to be popular; to be esteemed; to state; to insist
body; oneself; one's place; one's position; main part; meat (as opposed to bone, skin, etc.)
will; volition; intention; intent; determination
tea; tea plant (Camellia sinensis); tea preparation; making tea; brown; (arch.) mockery
to put in; to let in; to admit; to accept; to accept; to comply; to include
cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull
when it comes to ...; if one were to speak of ...; by ... you mean ...; when you say ... you mean that ...; whenever ...; if it's ... then (without fail)
husband; master (of a house, shop, etc.)
honorific/polite/humble prefix
wetting; love affair; lover
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me
for a moment; for a minute; for a while; for some time; for the time being; for now
to be hit; to strike; to touch; to be in contact; to be equivalent to; to be applicable; to be right on the money (of a prediction, criticism, etc.)
come; come now; well; who knows; well now; let's see
to dry (clothes, etc.); to desiccate
(following a verb) to be sure to; to do (something) so that ...; to make sure to; to try to
living room (Western style); sitting room
to invite; to ask (someone to do); to tempt; to lure; to induce (tears, laughter, sleepiness, etc.); to arouse (e.g. sympathy)
hearth; fireplace; furnace; kiln
to cut; to cut through; to sever (connections, ties); to turn off (e.g. the light); to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to punch (a ticket)
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
shoji (paper sliding door)
to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out; to be away from (e.g. one's house); to leave (temporarily); to dawn
strong; potent; strong; brawny; good (at); skilled; being able to handle
fire; trace of fire; heat of fire; force of a fire
to stream; to flow (liquid, time, etc.); to be washed away; to be carried; to drift; to float (e.g. clouds); to sweep (e.g. rumour, fire)
threshold (esp. one with grooves for sliding doors); sill
on the occasion of; circumstances; juncture
to stand; to rise; to find oneself (e.g. in a difficult position); to depart (on a plane, train, etc.)