tanuki soup; raccoon-dog soup
instantaneous wind speed; instantaneous wind velocity
parched beans scattered on Setsubun
filtering through silk cloth; straining through silk cloth
nothing new; same as always; an old story; nothing new about it; not the first time it has happened
sprouting; budding; crush (esp. on an imaginary character in manga, etc.); fascination; infatuation
traditional Japanese handball game
pompom; pompon; pom-pom; pom-pon
to strip; to peel; to tear off
scrap; piece; fag end; unimportant (person); petty (official); barely (in a role)
round; circular; spherical
fabrication; put-up job; trumped-up story; frame-up; hoax
square formation (of troops); magic square
wet nurse; nursing mother
condiment (e.g. grated or chopped topping such as daikon, wasabi, ginger, green onion, red pepper); spice
squirrel's foot fern (Davallia mariesii); Lepisorus thunbergianus (species of fern); color of clothing layers under one's overcoat (light green on blue); ancient women's hairstyle; clothing patterned using squirrel's foot fern
to be transparent; to be see-through; to be clear; to be clear (voice, sound)
yōkan; jellied dessert made from red bean paste, agar, and sugar
to get torn; to tear; to rip; to be broken off (of negotiations, etc.); to break down; to collapse
circumference; girth; tour; pilgrimage; circulation (e.g. of blood)
master (of a house, shop, etc.); husband; sir; boss; patron of a mistress, geisha, bar or nightclub hostess; sugar daddy
stubborn person; bonehead; bullethead; pig-headed person
ninjutsu; combat and stealth techniques used by ninja for espionage, sabotage, assassination, etc.
one's turn for doing the sweeping (cleaning)
dangling; aimlessly; casually; unexpectedly
of bad character; ill-natured; nasty; vicious; wicked; malignant
soya bean (Glycine max); soybean; soy
eel (esp. the Japanese eel, Anguilla japonica)
technique; art; skill; move
to let fly; to make fly; to skip over; to leave out; to run fast; to drive fast; to spray
effect; result; worth; use; avail
beating (of the heart, with joy, excitement, etc.); palpitation; throbbing; pounding; fluttering
eighth day of the month; eight days
it serves you (him) right; it's what you (he) deserves
used item; secondhand item; old; used; previous