nobleman's illegitimate child; product (of e.g. war); offspring; aftermath
light (color, colour, taste); simple; plain; frank; candid; ingenuous
natto bacteria (Bacillus subtilis var. natto)
counter for buildings (esp. houses); suffix for a pen name, stage name, etc.
to be pressed for time; to be pressed by urgent business; to have one's pants on fire
appreciation (of art, music, poetry, etc.)
rise; improvement; uptrend
irreligion; lack of religion; unbelief
to form a complete whole; to be joined together
strategic withdrawal; strategic retreat
stormy and full of drama; many drastic events in the course of events; full of ups and downs; with many vicissitudes
serious crime; grave crime
alternately sucking in and blowing out air through one's mouth while eating something hot (in order to cool it down)
Word of God; God's Word; sword of the Spirit; Logos (i.e. the Trinity incarnate in Jesus Christ)
Emishi; historical term for non-Yamato peoples in northern Japan; Yezo (northern part of Meiji-era Japan, esp. Hokkaido, but also Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands)
distrust of (other) human beings
publication of results; announcement of results
(arch.) southern barbarians (formerly used by the Chinese to refer to non-ethnic Chinese to the south); (arch.) South-East Asia; (arch.) Western Europe (esp. Spain and Portugal, their South-East Asian colonies, and their goods and people arriving in Japan via the colonies); exotic (esp. Western European or South-East Asian style); (in dance, puppetry, etc.) thrusting the right foot and right arm forward at the same time (or left foot and left arm); nanban; dish prepared using chili peppers and Welsh onions
soft; tender; gentle; mild; informal; light
descendant (usu. of a certain generation); (arch.) lineage; (arch.) pedigree; (arch.) grandchild
egg white; white-fleshed fish (e.g. tai, hirame, karei); white meat; sapwood
herbal medicine prepared from dried earthworms
lie; rye; rai (Algerian music style)
comfortably warm; steaming hot (food); piping hot; glowing (with warmth)
haiku; 17-mora poem, usu. in 3 lines of 5, 7 and 5 morae
divorce; dissolution of adoption
Japanese beech (Fagus crenata); Siebold's beech
equal match; good match; fair match; equal in ability; being a worthy rival
hey!; c'mon!; pushy; overbearing; self-assured
round; circular; spherical; mellow (flavour, voice, etc.); mild; smooth
to be outdone (by); to be in inferior (to); to compare unfavorably (with); to be behind
locational advantage; advantageous position
consecutive victories; series of victories
ring; loop (of rope); halo (of an angel)
preemptive strike; preemptive attack; first strike
(my) wife; inside the home; one's family
board; plank; sheet (of metal); plate (of glass); cutting board; chopping board
as expected; predictably; not surprisingly