defeat; loss; failing to live up to (one's name, looks, etc.); discount; loss (on a sale)
malicious; ill-tempered; unkind
dining room; dining hall; cafeteria; restaurant; eatery; snack bar
once; one time; exclusively; only; alone
fish-shaped pancake filled with bean jam
crossarm; bracket; blade; semaphore
new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date
heavenly god; heavenly gods; spirit of Sugawara no Michizane; Tenmangu shrine (dedicated to Michizane's spirit); pit of a dried plum; dried plum; tenjin hairstyle
good fortune (esp. omikuji fortune-telling result); good luck; auspiciousness; unspecified day of the month (used to obscure the date a letter, invitation, etc. was written)
tortoise; turtle; heavy drinker; turtle crest; turtle mon
to work (for); to be employed (at); to serve (as); to act (as); to conduct a religious service
to move (house); to change residence
grandfather; male senior-citizen
good-natured person; good person; (one's) lover; boyfriend; girlfriend
superior; first-class; excellent; (that's) just fine!; bring it on!
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
bad; poor; inferior; delinquent; hoodlum; hooligan
study; research; investigation
green algae; chlorophyceae
I see; that's right; indeed
ingredient; component; composition
to make a mistake (in); to commit an error (e.g. in calculation); to confuse; to mistake something for something else
not less than; ... and over; beyond (e.g. one's expectations); above; above-mentioned; aforementioned
human being; human; person; character (of a person)
liked; well-liked; in love (with); loved; faddism; eccentricity
daydream; fantasy; fancy; vision
oh!; ah!; oh dear!; good grief!; dear me!; thank God!
worry; concern; anxiety; care; help; aid
he; she; this; this one; Hey, you!; You bastard!
to take the form of (esp. in ref. to a spirit, fox, raccoon dog, etc.); to assume the shape of; to disguise oneself as; to change radically; to metamorphose; to improve unexpectedly and dramatically (esp. of an actor, artist, rikishi, etc.)
great teacher (i.e. a buddha, bodhisattva or high monk, esp. Kobo Daishi)
hokora; small wayside shrine
imitation; fake; phony; pseudo-
in three days' time; two days after tomorrow
day after tomorrow; wrong (e.g. direction)
to be packed (with); to be full (space, schedule, etc.); to be blocked (road, pipe, nose, etc.); to be clogged; to shorten (width, interval, etc.); to shrink (shirt, word form, etc.); to be at a loss
still; much more; (not) yet; still a long way to go; still a long way off; not there yet
to carry on one's back; to be burdened with; to take responsibility for; to have (something) in the background; to be in front (of something); to be conceited
sword (esp. Japanese single-edged); katana; scalpel; chisel; burin; knife money (knife-shaped commodity money used in ancient China)