to break; to fracture; to fold; to bend; to make (origami); to interrupt
kanji (as opposed to kana); printed style (of writing Chinese characters); square style; real name
crunching; chewing or crushing something hard; hard and crunchy; very skinny; emaciated
proprietress (of a traditional Japanese inn or restaurant); landlady; hostess; mistress
with a whiff; with a puff; suddenly; abruptly; without warning
end; finish; bounds; limits; delivery date (of a futures contract); finale (of a noh song); end of an act (in jōruri or kabuki)
blowing (e.g. of the wind); playing (a wind instrument); player (e.g. clarinet); (pair of) bellows; casting; founding
breath; breathing; tone; mood
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
parched; dried-up; empty; hollow; rattling; clattering
and then; and so; and; so then
speech balloon (in a comic strip); speech bubble; blowoff; effusion; blowing (of a seasonal or climatic wind)
ear; hearing; edge; crust; selvedge (non-fray machined edge of fabrics); selvage
occasional; infrequent; rare
will not do; do not; does not
in the same way as; just like
creeping plant; creeper; vine; liana; liane
New Year ornament (usu. of straw, fern leaves, seaweed and bitter orange fruit, and hung at the entrance of a home)
to receive; to get; to accept; to take; to interpret; to understand
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
to bite; to chew; to gnaw; to fumble one's words (esp. during a play, broadcast, etc.); to falter with one's words; to crash against (e.g. of waves); to break onto (shore)
time (three times, each time, etc.); times
same; identical; equal; anyway; anyhow; in either case
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
evil thought; malicious motive
stamp; seal; seal impression; seal; mudra (symbolic hand gesture); ninja hand sign
mark; sign; symbol; emblem; badge; crest
how; in what way; how about
but (still); and yet; nevertheless; even so; notwithstanding
bad person; villain; scoundrel; wrongdoer; wicked person
bragging; showing off; pride
in the style of (esp. literary, artistic, etc. works); reminiscent of; attached or stretched on
to get on (train, plane, bus, ship, etc.); to get in; to get on (e.g. a footstool); to step on; to reach; to go over; to follow
ridge of earth between rice fields; ridge between grooves in threshold or lintel; footpath between rice fields; causeway
to break; to destroy; to wreck; to ruin; to break (a bill, etc.)
ditch; drain; groove; tread; gap (between people, countries, etc.); gulf
-ing and -ing (e.g. "coming and going"); doing such things as...; expresses a command; (arch.) to be; (arch.) indicates completion or continuation of an action
first ears of rice of the season; first crops of the season; first harvest of the season; offering (to the gods)