to place (in position); to fix; to install; to seat (someone); to settle (upon something); to fix (e.g. one's gaze)
skillful; skilful; adroit; clever; shrewd; ingenious
helping oneself to a drink; pouring one's own drink
constant; persistent; indecisiveness; usual; normal
sake cup; cup for alcoholic beverages
to reel; to wind; to turn (pages); to flip through (a book); to count (e.g. the days); to open one-by-one
to come out; to appear; to turn up; to emerge
till; to; concerning (an area of expertise); swearing by (one's sword, God, etc.)
wheat; barley; oat (oats)
to scatter around; to leave untidy; to make a mess
painstaking; careful; meticulous; scrupulous; detailed; elaborate
to pick up; to find; to gather
to ingest; to eat; to enter the mouth; to be able to eat
education; schooling; training; culture; cultivation; education
sense of inferiority; one's weak point
oppression; tyranny; despotism
to be awarded (e.g. a prize); to be given an award; to be gifted or endowed (e.g. with a talent); to be blessed (e.g. with a child); to be initiated (e.g. into a secret)
ignorance; innocence; stupidity
infatuation; adoration; blind love; doting (on a child)
ready-made; common-law (wife)
salmon (Salmonidae spp.); chum salmon (Oncorhynchus keta)
to be unable to bear (something) any longer; to be unable to put up with (something) any longer
to stuff one's cheeks; to fill one's mouth (with food)
inner part; inside; interior; depths (e.g. of a forest); back (of a house, drawer, etc.); bottom (e.g. of one's heart)
stand; rack; support; holder; counter for machines, incl. vehicles; setting (e.g. in jewellery); level (e.g. price level)
eggs; egg; (hen's) egg; (an expert) in the making; beginning; origin
as one would expect; naturally; indeed; still; all the same; after all
previously; already; for some time; for quite a while
to happen to have on hand or in stock
two times; twice; two degrees
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
to take up one's chopsticks (to begin a meal); to start to eat; to eat
sake cup; cup for alcoholic beverages; counter for cupfuls, bowlfuls, spoonfuls, etc.; counter for boats; counter for octopuses and squid; cup (in sports)
Japanese mugwort (Artemisia princeps); mugwort (any plant of genus Artemisia); wormwood; sagebrush
smell (esp. a good smell); fragrance; scent; aroma; perfume
railway station; train station; staging post on a highway (in pre-modern Japan); counter for railway stations and bus stations
leaving one's seat (before an event is over); excusing oneself (from a meeting, conversation, etc.)
to hit; to expose; to apply (e.g. patch); to put on; to allot; to call on someone (e.g. in class); to guess (an answer)
independence; self-reliance; independence (e.g. of a nation); freedom; separation; isolation