role; assignment; position (of responsibility); post; part (in a play, film, etc.); role
forerunner; precursor; pioneer; outrider; outriding
last third of a month; 21st to the last day of a month
to expand; to swell (out); to get big; to become inflated
gentle spring rain; thin noodles made from bean starch (or potato starch)
clear; obvious; evident; bright; light
identical; same; one and the same; fair; equal treatment; without discrimination
twelve o'clock; noon; midnight
equinoctial week (when Buddhist services are held); Buddhist services during the equinoctial week; nirvana
to say enough (as much as required); to say plenty; to say well; to say cleverly; to say often; to say frequently
to go past (a place or thing); to go beyond
to stick through; to force through; to spread throughout; to thoroughly diffuse; to make a path between two points; to proceed in a logical manner; to let pass
koku; traditional unit of volume, approx. 180.4 litres; measure of a Japanese-style boat's loading capacity (approx. 278.26 liters)
camphor tree (Cinnamomum camphora); camphorwood; camphor laurel
charming; fascinating; voluptuous
all-night vigil over a body; wake
biting louse (any louse of order Mallophaga); small winged insect (esp. a flying ant or termite)
weasel (esp. the Japanese weasel, Mustela itatsi); mustelid (any other member of the weasel family, incl. badgers, martens, minks, ferrets, otters, polecats, stoats, skunks, etc.)
snake; serpent; large snake
Aster yomena (Asiatic species of aster)
shepherd's purse (Capsella bursa-pastoris)
twenty-sixth day of the month; twenty-six days
to get scarce; to run short
wakame (species of edible brown seaweed, Undaria pinnatifida)
wakame (species of edible brown seaweed, Undaria pinnatifida)
cannot be helped; unavoidable; pointless; useless; hopeless (person); annoying
to be stumped; to be at a loss; to be at one's wits' end; to be fed up; to be tired (of); to be unable to bear
stinking; smelly; suspicious; fishy; clumsy; unskilled
frozen tofu; dried bean curd
tedious; boring; being fed up with
soaked; drenched; sopping; incessantly (raining); drizzling
to walk; to go on foot; to tread (a figurative path); to follow; to advance towards (e.g. a solution); to set out (e.g. on the path to destruction, ruin, etc.)
rice-flour dumplings mixed with mugwort
time; hour; season; time of the year