period of time (usu. a period of approx. two hours corresponding to one of the signs of the Chinese zodiac); carving; engraving; strictness; cruelty
mincing; cutting; rapping (a percussion instrument); beating; shredded tobacco; interval
to stuff into; to jam; to shorten; to move closer together; to reduce (spending); to conserve; to focus intently on
deep (colour); dark; strong (flavour, smell, etc.); thick (consistency); dense; strong (possibility, etc.)
cleverness; skill; tact; clever person (in a particular field); skillful person (skilful)
female private parts; female genitals
slowly; unhurriedly; easily (e.g. in time); well; well (e.g. sleep); comfortably
to set up (a house, store, etc.); to build; to have at the ready (e.g. a gun); to hold in preparation (e.g. a camera); to adopt a posture; to assume a stance; to put on an air
real intention; true motive; true will; original intention; original purpose; original hope
to quarry; to cut (timber); to begin to talk; to break the ice; to start a fire (with flint, by rubbing sticks together, etc.); to select and extract (from a media file)
village; hamlet; countryside; country; home (of one's parents, etc.); hometown
to come; to go; to be (somewhere); to be (doing)
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
to go; to come; to be defeated; to collapse; to be annoyed; to be nonplussed
trouble; bother; annoyance
thicket; bush; grove; (medical) quack
thicket; bush; grove; (medical) quack
how (beautiful, etc.); what a ...; nothing worth mentioning; nothing special; of what name
(what) the heck; (why) in the world; one object; one body; one form; one style
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...
to rebuke; to scold; to tell off; to question persistently (in order to criticize or find fault with somebody)
long metal chopsticks (for handling charcoal, esp. in a brazier); fire tongs
hinoki leaf; hiba false arborvitae (species of cypress, Thujopsis dolabrata); small ornamental false cypress (i.e. a variety of hinoki or a related species)
head (of a Japanese pipe, i.e. the bowl and shank); neck; head
to dig; to excavate; to delve into; to dig up (e.g. vegetables); (for two men) to have anal sex
bamboo stem (of a Japanese pipe)
(mutual) understanding; communication; passing without obstruction
to attempt; to test; to try out
slowly; quietly; steadily; soon; momentarily; before long
charge; cost; generation; age; era; a representative of; on behalf of
to be (in contrast to something that is not the case)
to play (games, sports); to enjoy oneself; to mess about (with alcohol, gambling, philandery, etc.); to be idle; to do nothing; to meet up (with friends); to hang out
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
assimilation; absorption; adaptation; assimilation; anabolism; assimilation (phonology)
confidence; trust; faith; credit (finance)
particular; special; (not) particularly; (not) especially
pressing; urging; demanding; demand
travel; trip; journey; excursion; tour
Sunday; day (of the month); counter for days; Japan
the person in question; the person themselves; said person