to represent; to signify; to reveal; to show; to express; to make widely known
force; vigor; influence; authority; impetus; momentum
character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")
to make a mistake (in); to commit an error (e.g. in calculation); to confuse; to mistake something for something else
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
to pour (into); to sprinkle on (from above); to water (e.g. plants); to shed (tears); to concentrate one's energy (strength, attention, etc.) on; to devote to; to flow into (e.g. of a river)
change; conversion; transformation; transformation
absorption; suction; attraction
hah (derisively); pooh; pfft (of something disappearing); poof; huff; puff
translation; deciphering; decoding; translation
this and that; one thing or another
to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)
to melt; to thaw; to fuse; to dissolve
blue; azure; green; pale; gray; unripe
to shine; to glitter; to sparkle
putting into operation; invocation
designation; specification; assignment; appointment; pointing at
to insert; to include; to incorporate; to cut in (printing)
briskly; quickly; promptly
manner of using one's hands
pitcher; water jug; watering can; container of fresh water for replenishing the kettle and rinsing bowls (tea ceremony)
to build up; to complete; to construct; to make up; to fabricate; to invent
complete; completion; perfection; accomplishment
approximately; about; promise; appointment; shortening; reduction
a blink of time; (lit.) the time it takes to say "Ah!"
to take lessons in; to be taught; to learn (from a teacher); to study (under a teacher); to get training in
what's what; heads or tails
having done this; if this is done; if it is done in this way
having an aptitude (for); having a talent (for)
so much; so often; oh, yes!; that's it; that's right; quite
wanted; wished for; in need of; I want (you) to
to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
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
wonderful; splendid; magnificent
assistant; helper; assistant (to a professor)
before one knows; before one becomes aware of; unnoticed; unawares
sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
noisily (of water gushing, pouring, spilling, splashing, spraying, etc.)
attractive; good-looking; stylish; cool; smooth; neat
he; she; that person; that; that one; that thing