danger; Chinese "rooftop" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
sphere; circle; range; category
small peninsula; cape; promontory; headland
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
Korea (esp. the Goguryeo kingdom or the Goryeo dynasty); (stone) guardian lion-dogs at Shinto shrine
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
meals exchanged by parishioners and priests
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
to adopt (method, proposal, etc.); to take (measure, course of action, etc.); to pick (e.g. flowers); to gather (e.g. mushrooms); to extract (e.g. juice); to take (e.g. a sample); to assume (an attitude)
of course; certainly; naturally
wrapped package; bale; wicker trunk; wicker luggage
as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that...; trying to...
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
should; must; -able; probably; likely
chic; smart; understanding; considerate; familiar with worldly pleasures (esp. sexual relations, geisha districts and red-light districts)
important point (e.g. on a route); important role (responsibility, etc.); opposition
ball (for sport, games, etc.); kemari; type of football played by courtiers in ancient Japan
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
after all; because; but; even; too; as well
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
king; ruler; tycoon; magnate; king (of the senior player)
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
penalty; sentence; punishment
older brother; elder brother
for; for the sake of; to one's advantage; because of; as a result of
to be needed; to be wanted
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
liver; innards; courage; spirit; crux; essential point
axis; shaft; center; centre; stalk; stem
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
jaw; chin; barb (of a fishhook)
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
swallow (bird of the Hirundinidae family); martin; barn swallow (Hirundo rustica); younger man involved with an older woman; boy toy
inside the breast of one's clothing (esp. kimono); bosom; space between one's chest and outstretched arms; (one's) reach; heart (e.g. of a mountain); bosom (e.g. of nature)
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
phala (attained state, result); enlightenment (as the fruits of one's Buddhist practice); fruit; counter for pieces of fruit
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
honorific/polite/humble prefix
to open (a door, etc.); to unwrap (e.g. parcel, package); to open (for business, etc.); to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out