round; circular; curved; smooth; harmonious; calm
to pry; to prize; to prise
oak (esp. Quercus serrata)
damp; humid; wet; gloomy; melancholy; depressing
dripping; trickling; drop by drop; (arch.) (moving) slowly
moss; short plants resembling moss (incl. other bryophytes, lichens, very small spermatophytes, etc.)
Buddhist priest; bonze; close-cropped hair; crew cut; boy; sonny
to bury (e.g. in the ground); to fill up (e.g. audience fills a hall); to cause to be packed; to plug (a gap); to stop (a gap); to make up for (a loss, shortage, etc.); to make amends
to lead (a) life (usu. preceded by the type of life)
to be intimate with; to befriend
face; mask; face guard; (in kendo) striking the head; surface (esp. a geometrical surface); page; aspect
warehouse; storehouse; cellar; magazine; granary; godown
pole; rod; line; dash; spoken monotonously
to employ; to hire; to charter
bath; bathing; bathhouse; public bath; room for drying lacquerware; base (wooden joint connecting the blade of a hoe, spade, etc., to the handle)
to place (in position); to fix; to install; to seat (someone); to settle (upon something); to fix (e.g. one's gaze)
white-eye family of birds (Zosteropidae); Japanese white-eye (Zosterops japonicus)
funny; comical; humorous; ridiculous; silly; absurd
relationship; relation; terms (good, friendly, etc.)
nonsense; no meaning; meaningless
anything and everything; just about everything
before one's eyes; in front of one; under one's nose; immediate; imminent; around the corner
study; research; investigation
to set one's mind on doing; to get the idea of doing; to make up one's mind
Shinano (former province located in present-day Nagano Prefecture and parts of Gifu Prefecture)
change; variation; variety; diversity; inflection; declension
front; frontage; facade; main
ship; boat; tank; tub; counter for boat-shaped containers (e.g. of sashimi)
sweet-tasting; sweet; fragrant (smelling); sweet (music); lightly salted; light in salt; naive
surging sea; rough sea; large waves
party (political); person who is fond of; fan of
both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold
trace; tracks; site; remains; scar
to boil up; to come to the boil; to arise; to break out; to get excited; to be in uproar
bright (light) colour (color)
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)