to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
sometimes; occasionally; at times; seasonal; of the season; appropriate (for the season or occasion)
to row a boat; to nod off; to doze off
safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
let me see; well; errr ...; uhh ...
being full; (counting) completed years (e.g. when calculating age); full (years, months, etc.); Manchuria
bowstring; string (of a shamisen, etc.); stringed instrument; chord; hypotenuse
counter for the ichi-ni-san counting system (usu. directly preceding the item being counted); noun read using its on-yomi; counter for articles; indicates possessive (esp. in place names)
small peninsula; cape; promontory; headland
centre; center; middle; capital; seat of government
port city; harbour city; harbor city
the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life
almost; roughly; approximately
national isolation; closing the country (to foreigners); sakoku; policy of national isolation enacted by the Tokugawa shogunate
medium; average; moderation; middle school; China; volume two (of three); during (a certain time when one did or is doing something)
exchange (e.g. cultural); interchange; interaction; alternating current; AC
lesson; class work; teaching; instruction
by all means; at any cost; whether (one is) willing or not; willingly or unwillingly; on no account; by no means
body; torso; trunk; build; physique; health
function; facility; faculty; feature
digestion (of food); digestion (of information); assimilation; consumption; absorption; (arch.) losing one's form and turning into something else
concentration; focusing; convergence; within a collection of works
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
shrine; palace; imperial residence; Imperial prince; Imperial princess; headboard with built-in shelves, drawers, etc.
below; down; bottom; beneath; underneath; just after; right after
teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder
intonation; accent; modulation; inflection
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
talk (esp. by a talk-show host, or by a stage musician to the audience between songs); banter; talk show; toque
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
shape; form; appearance; state; situation; suitable
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
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
town; city; municipal; urban
warm and snug; soft and comfortable