brilliance; luster; lustre; vividness; life
top (of a mountain); summit; peak; height; orgasm; climax
way (of doing things); method; style; school (e.g. of poetry)
to carve; to engrave; to sculpt; to tattoo
essence; kernel; spirit; pith
coagulation; freezing; solidification; curdling; setting; congealing
sesame seeds; sesame (Sesamum indicum)
intimacy; friendship; familiarity
pleasant; agreeable; comfortable; refreshing
amateur; layman; respectable woman (i.e. not a prostitute, hostess, geisha); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute
peaceful; tranquil; calm; restful
proper (appearance, posture, etc.); correct; neat; straight; upright
tune (melody, piece of music)
refining; refinement; smelting; training
spirit; soul; drive; vigor; vigour
to polish up; to shine up
voluminous; massive; bulky
feather; plume; wing; blade (of a fan, propeller, etc.); shuttlecock (in badminton); shuttlecock (in hanetsuki); arrow feathers
to all come in (e.g. teeth); to all come out (e.g. seedlings, flowers)
clumsy; awkward; tactless; awkward (e.g. socially); (arch.) mean; (arch.) cowardly
someone with a liking or characteristic; a true representative of (place)
after a while; a little while later; shortly afterward
pardon; forgiveness; forbearance
mochi cut thin, dried, and baked or fried
to have a (rough) idea (of what the situation is)
put; place; leave; do (in preparation)
old name for a cave cricket; even though; despite; even more
to spread out; to lay out; to take a position; to impose widely (e.g. over a city)
calls and sounds made by insects
sparsely growing cogon grass; short cogon grass
stillness; silence; hush; calm; serenity
clumsiness; stupidity; blunder
to remove; to move out of the way
writing brush; paintbrush; writing with a brush; drawing with a brush; writing (composing text); the written word
slip (of paper); tag (usu. bamboo, wood, ivory, etc.); label
to smoke; to breathe in; to suck; to sip; to absorb; to soak up
with difficulty; faltering; tottering; awkward