ogre; demon; oni ; spirit of a deceased person ; ogre-like person (i.e. fierce, relentless, merciless, etc.) ; it (in a game of tag, hide-and-seek, etc.) ; Chinese "ghost" constellation (one of the 28 mansions) ; very; extremely; super-
one's body; one's person ; oneself; one's appearance ; one's place (in society, etc.); one's position ; main part; meat (as opposed to bone, skin, etc.); wood (as opposed to bark); blade (as opposed to its handle); container (as opposed to its lid)
versus; against; vs.; v. ; to (e.g. score of 4 to 2, ratio of 3 to 1, vote of 320 to 180) ; toward ...; to ...; with ...; against ...; anti- ; equal footing; equal terms ; opposite
pile; heap; layers (e.g. of clothing); set (e.g. of boxes); course (e.g. of stones) ; counter for things that are stacked, piled up (or layered, etc.) ; layers of clothing worn under one's overcoat ; combination of colors created by layering of garments (colours)
formation; establishment; materialization; coming into existence ; conclusion (e.g. of a deal); reaching (e.g. an agreement); approval; completion; closing; enacting; arrangement ; being valid (of a theory, argument, etc.); holding; applying
obi (kimono sash) ; obi (strip of paper looped around a book, CD, etc. containing information about the product) ; band; belt; strip ; cingulum ; radio or television program broadcast in the same time slot on all or most days
child; kid; teenager; youngster; young (non-adult) person ; (one's) child; offspring ; young woman ; young (animal) ; offshoot ; interest ; new share ; player who is not a dealer ; young geisha; young prostitute ; bird egg
average; medium; common; ordinary ; mid-grade (item); regular grade ; same level as; equal to; equivalent to; on par with ; each (e.g. month); every ; row of (teeth, houses, etc.); line of
medium (size); average (grade, level, etc.); middle ; in; within; out of (e.g. ten people); among ; during; while; in (the course of); within (a period); throughout ; currently (doing); in the process of; in the middle of; under (e.g. construction, investigation) ; middle way; moderation ; second volume (of three) ; junior high school; middle school ; China
taking; taker; collecting; collector; remover; removal ; last performer of the day (usu. the star performer); last performance of the day ; active partner (e.g. in judo demonstration) ; emphatic or formal prefix
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
kan (obs. unit of weight, approx. 3.75 kg, 8.3 lb) ; kan (obs. unit of currency, equiv. to 1000 mon in the Edo period; col. 10 mon in the Meiji period) ; counter for pieces of sushi ; 10 points ; 12 points
above; over; up ; top; summit; upper part; head (e.g. of a staircase) ; surface; on (top of) ; the above (in a piece of writing); earlier part ; superior; better; higher (position, rank, etc.); upper (class) ; elder; older; senior ; with respect to ...; in terms of; as far as ... is concerned; when (e.g. drunk) ; besides ...; in addition to ...; on top of ...; as well as ... ; after ...; upon ...; on ...; with (e.g. full awareness); as a result of ... ; since ...; now that ...; because ...
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
smallness; small item ; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days) ; elementary school ; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name); inferior ; younger (of two people with the same name); junior ; unit of field area (approx. 400 sq m)