large; big; older; senior; final; ultimate
to shake; to jolt; to rock; to swing
steam; vapour; vapor; steamboat; steam locomotive
ancient Japanese ladies' hairstyle
feel (i.e. tactile sensation); touch; feeling; sensation; texture (e.g. food, cloth)
sweet and sour; bittersweet
to run swiftly; to dash; to rush; to race
negotiations; discussions; connection
forcibly; 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 (e.g. ship, tape, cassette, observation, train vestibule)
to avoid (physical contact with); to avoid (situation); to ward off; to avert; to put aside; to move out of the way
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
holiday; day off; sleep; rest; Good night
book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter
evening; early night hours
to sink deeply into one's mind; to come home to; to go to one's heart; to pierce one's body (e.g. of wind, cold, etc.)
city; Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly
column; beam; girder; digit; decade; order of magnitude
affliction; hardship; difficulty; suffering; trouble
too much; excessively; too
to run past; to run by; to go too far ahead
as one wishes; the way one wants; to one's satisfaction