meal; Emperor's meal; meal of a noble; high-quality (of a food or drink); premium
leaping; jumping; spring; exciting
bamboo tea spoon for making Japanese tea
tea container having pronounced "shoulders" near the neck
ornamental railing top; bridge railing-post knob; Welsh onion flower; leek flower; hosta; plantain lily
first flower of the season or year; first flowering on a plant; first menstruation; woman who has just reached adulthood
various containers; miscellaneous receptacles; small wooden plate on which offerings for a Shinto home shine are placed
to be understood; to be comprehended; to be grasped; to become clear; to be known; to be discovered
arched bridge with Chinese-style railings; Chinese-style bridge
to mellow; to become softened by maturity
miscellaneous; mixed; unorganized
refined taste; elegant pursuits
first anniversary of a person's death
place where hair is gathered together atop the head; hair tied (or pinned) together in this position
one of these days; someday; one day
permanence; perpetuity; Chōkyū era (1040.11.10-1044.11.24)
arrangement of food (on a dish); serving of (arranged) food
the other day; some time ago; recently
mountain and water; landscape (containing hills and rivers); landscape picture; mountain stream; water that flows down from a mountain; garden which contains an artificial hill and a pond
way of murdering; killing method; way of using a sword
north; the North; northern territories; North Korea; (arch.) north wind
Goryeo (dynasty of Korea; 918-1392 CE); Korea (esp. the Goguryeo kingdom or the Goryeo dynasty)
unpolished rice; unmilled rice; brown rice
all year round; all the time; year in and year out
mound on which targets are placed (in archery); firing mound
entertaining with food and drink; treating to dinner; wining and dining; immediately agreeing with someone else; pandering
to sell like hot cakes; to fly off the shelves
earthenware; unglazed (bisque-fired) earthenware
inquisitive mind; spirit of inquiry; spirit of enquiry
to bring up under one's personal care
ability to get things done
making a living; getting on in the world; subsistence
leaving one's seat (before an event is over); excusing oneself (from a meeting, conversation, etc.)