stain; blot; flaw; disgrace
vermilion (colour); cinnabar
to cuddle; to comfort; to rock; to soothe; to dandle; to humor
shrieking; squealing; screeching; chattering (e.g. of a monkey); chittering
vast; boundless; vague; obscure
crow (Corvus spp.); raven
Japanese style; Japanesque; Japanism
willow (any tree of genus Salix); weeping willow (Salix babylonica)
the ocean; the great deep
(air or sea) route; course; line; run
confections; sweets; candy; cake
guest room (at a hotel); guest cabin (on a boat); passenger cabin (on a plane); drawing room
to kick the bucket; to drop dead; to die; to be pooped; to be exhausted; to be knackered
loach (any fish of family Cobitidae); weather loach (Misgurnus anguillicaudatus); pond loach
terrific; staggering; tremendous; frightful; ghastly; horrific
boiling; seething; becoming heated (e.g. of a debate); excitement; soaring (of prices); shooting up
to look out over (far into the distance); to command a view of
being inside; being contained (within); being enclosed; staying in China; residing in China
large; big; older; senior; final; ultimate
pit of one's stomach; bottom of one's heart; one's true feelings; one's innermost thoughts
to shake; to jolt; to rock; to swing
steam; vapour; vapor; steamboat; steam locomotive
groan; moan; growl; snarl; hum (e.g. of a motor); buzz
feel (of something); touch; texture; feeling; impression
sweet and sour; bittersweet (feeling)
to run swiftly; to speed; to dash; to charge ahead (in pursuit of some goal); to push forward
negotiations; bargaining; discussions; connection; relationship; relations
forcibly; by force; against one's will
strait with a roaring tidal ebb and flow; whirlpool; kamaboko with a spiral whirlpool-like pattern; cooking technique where ingredients are cut in a spiral pattern; Naruto (city in Tokushima); Naruto Strait; Naruto wakame
deck (of a ship); deck (attached to a building); platform (at the end of a railway passenger car); vestibule; observation deck (esp. at an airport); tape deck; deck (of cards)
to avoid (physical contact with); to avoid (situation); to evade (question, subject); to ward off; to avert; to put aside
to run counter to; to go against; to disobey; to infringe
capital (esp. Kyoto, Japan's former capital); seat of government; capital (of music, fashion, etc.); city (e.g. of light); location of the Imperial Palace
to return home loaded with honors; to return as a hero; (lit.) to put on fine clothes
cellar; cave; hole in the ground
painting red; vermillion lacquering
small dining table (usu. for a single person); serving tray (with legs); meal; food; counter for bowlfuls of rice; counter for pairs of chopsticks
hijiki (dark edible seaweed usu. sold in dried black strips; Hizikia fusiformis)
itinerant entertainer or troupe
(one's) wife; (someone's) wife; landlady