porcupine (any mammal of suborder Hystricomorpha)
counter for articles; counter for military units; individual
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
honorific/polite/humble prefix
your home; your family; their home; (my) home
small; little; slight; below average (in degree, amount, etc.); low (e.g. sound); soft (e.g. voice)
to pass (of time); to elapse
invincible; unrivaled; unrivalled; matchless; unbeatable; undefeatable
indiscrete; imprudent; unscrupulous
I wonder; do you think?; I might; some kind; some stage; somehow
had better ...; had better not ...
foot; paw; leg; gait; pace; bottom structural component (i.e. radical) of a kanji; means of transportation
interrogative sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
slowly; quietly; steadily; soon; momentarily; before long
rest; break; recess; intermission
Om; Aun; syllable representing the primordial trinity of Vishnu, Shiva and Brahma; inspiration and expiration; respiration; alpha and omega
red bean paste; red bean jam; filling (e.g. of a manjū); stuffing; padding
to burn; to roast; to broil; to heat; to heat up; to make (charcoal, pottery, bricks, etc.); to bake
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
skillful; skilful; delicious; appetizing; fortunate; splendid
bread; (sweet) pastry; staff of life; one's bread
aromatic (roasted beans, roasted tea, etc.); fragrant (e.g. burning wood); pleasant-smelling; savory-smelling (e.g. barbecued meat); savoury; appetizing
cloth; fabric; dough; batter; inherent quality; one's true character; unglazed pottery
to mix; to stir; to blend
skin; hide; rind; peel; shell; sheath
germ (of a cereal, e.g. wheat, rice); embryo bud
to use (a thing, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend
to come together; to merge; to fit; to match; to be profitable; to be equitable
of late; lately; this part; this point; here
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; and everything else; and all; (not) at all; (not) in the least
to take out; to get out; to put out; to reveal; to submit (e.g. thesis); to turn in; to publish
the other day; lately; recently
to go on a trip; to go out to play; to go and visit (a friend)
your husband; her husband