ratio; proportion ; match; equal; equivalent; comparison ; compared with ...; relative to ... ; Philippines ; explicit comparison (style of the Shi Jing)
to arrive at (e.g. a decision); to reach (a stage); to attain ; to lead to (a place); to get to ; in the extreme case of ; to come; to arrive; to result in
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
traditional cap worn by Shinto clergy and courtiers ; crown; diadem; coronet ; top kanji radical ; first verse of a haikai, etc. ; best; peerless; first ; name; title; named sponsorship of a program, event, team, etc. ; counter for titles
surface ; face (i.e. the visible side of an object) ; front (of a building, etc.); obverse side (i.e. "head") of a coin ; outside; exterior ; appearance ; public ; first half (of an inning); top (of an inning) ; cover (for tatami mats, etc.) ; foreground ; Omotesenke school of tea ceremony
capital (esp. Kyoto, Japan's former capital); seat of government ; capital (of music, fashion, etc.); city (e.g. of light) ; location of the Imperial Palace
place; spot; scene; site ; address ; district; area; locality ; one's house ; point; aspect; side; facet ; passage (in text); part ; space; room ; thing; matter ; whereupon; as a result ; about to; on the verge of
teacher; instructor; master ; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc. ; intimate or teasing form of address ; one's elder
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