origin; source; beginning ; basis; base; foundation; root ; cause ; (raw) material; ingredient; base; mix (e.g. for a cake); (soup) stock ; (one's) side ; capital; principal; cost price ; root (of a plant); (tree) trunk ; part (of a brush, chopsticks, etc.) one holds (with the hand) ; first three lines of a waka ; counter for plants or trees
to see; to look; to watch; to view; to observe ; to examine; to look over; to assess; to check; to judge ; to look after; to attend to; to take care of; to keep an eye on ; to experience; to meet with (misfortune, success, etc.) ; to try ...; to have a go at ...; to give ... a try ; to see (that) ...; to find (that) ...
sure; certain; positive; definite ; reliable; trustworthy; safe; sound; firm; accurate; correct; exact ; If I'm not mistaken; If I remember correctly; If I remember rightly
to start; to begin; to commence; to initiate; to originate ; to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to establish ; to start ...; to begin to ...
(fixing) boundaries for religious practices ; prohibition (of items, people, spirits, etc. that would hinder Buddhist practice) ; fence between inner and outer sanctums in a temple ; short two or three-fold lattice around the front desk of a store ; barrier; dimensional barrier; containment zone; containment barrier; mystical barrier
to stick; to paste; to affix ; to stretch; to spread; to strain; to tighten; to put up (e.g. a tent) ; to form (e.g. ice on a pond) ; to fill; to swell ; to stick out; to push out ; to post (a link, etc. online) ; to be expensive ; to keep a watch on; to be on the lookout ; to slap ; to become one tile away from completion
thing; object; article; stuff; substance ; one's things; possessions; property; belongings ; things; something; anything; everything; nothing ; quality ; reason; the way of things ; used to emphasize emotion, judgment, etc.; used to indicate a common occurrence in the past (after a verb in past tense); used to indicate a general tendency; used to indicate something that should happen ; item classified as ...; item related to ...; work in the genre of ... ; cause of ...; cause for ... ; somehow; somewhat; for some reason ; really; truly
to divide ; to cut; to halve; to separate; to split; to rip ; to break; to crack; to smash ; to dilute ; to fall below ; to discount ; to step over (a line, etc.)
to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing ; to be used up; to be run out; to be exhausted; to be consumed; to be reduced to zero; to not occur any more ; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)
to become known; to come to light; to be discovered ; to be known; to be understood ; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant ; to be evident; to be obvious; to go without saying ; to be very intense (of worry, hope, etc.); to be severe
to sleep (lying down) ; to go to bed; to lie in bed ; to lie down ; to sleep (with someone, i.e. have intercourse) ; to lie flat (e.g. of hair) ; to lie idle (of funds, stock, etc.) ; to ferment (of soy sauce, miso, etc.)
principal object of worship (at a Buddhist temple); principal image ; idol; icon; object of adoration ; the man himself; the person at the heart of the matter
counter for thin, flat objects (e.g. sheets of paper, plates, coins) ; counter for portions of gyōza or soba ; counter for ranks ; counter for wrestlers of a particular rank ; counter for fields or rice paddies ; counter for palanquin bearers
normal; ordinary; regular; usual; common; average ; normally; ordinarily; usually; generally; commonly ; local train; train that stops at every station
number one; first; first place ; best; most ; game; round; bout ; as a test; as an experiment; by way of experiment; by way of trial; tentatively ; song (e.g. in noh); piece
to live; to exist ; to make a living; to subsist ; to be in effect; to be in use; to function ; to come to life; to be enlivened ; to be safe (in baseball, go, etc.)
to run away; to flee; to get away (e.g. from danger); to escape; to break out; to leave (e.g. one's spouse) ; to avoid (a question, responsibility, etc.); to evade; to dodge; to shirk; to back away ; to win without being overtaken; to hold off the other contenders (until the finish); to keep the lead (and win) ; to escape (of heat, a gas, etc.); to leak out (e.g. of a scent); to be lost (e.g. of flavor) ; to fail to hold an ideal posture