showy; loud; gay; flashy; gaudy
plate; dish; serving; helping; kanji radical 108 (at the bottom)
otherwise; or else; if not
mouse; rat; dark gray; dark grey; slate (color, colour)
woollen fabric; woollen cloth
variety; kind; type; counter for kinds, species, etc.
household; home; family; housekeeping
to have a cramp; to be pulled too tight
to lurk; to be hidden; to be concealed; to lie dormant; to be latent
middle-age; middle age; midlife; one's middle years
housewife; mistress (of the house); homemaker
vague; ambiguous; shady; disreputable; fuzzy
fleshy; plump; chubby; to apply thickly; to slap on; to coat with something thick
cotton plant (Gossypium spp.); batting; wadding; padding
abruptly (rising); slowly (rising)
to take off (clothes, shoes, etc.); to undress
supple; flexible; elastic; graceful; elegant; refined
warm; mild; considerate; kind; warm (of a colour); mellow
to show; to bare (the teeth)
stimulus; impetus; incentive; encouragement; motivation; provocation
stage (theatre, theater); scene or setting (e.g. of novel, play, etc.)
reviewing stand; box; gallery
grand; formal; ceremonial; (feeling) awkward; self-conscious; embarrassed
place; location; room; space; basho; wrestling tournament
noon; midday; daytime; lunch
kinako; roasted soybean flour; roasted soy flour
mostly; ordinarily; probably; most; almost all; ordinary
indicate reason; infers some protest
to interrupt; to obstruct (a view, someone's way, etc.); to block (light, wind, etc.); to intercept; to cut off
(a) stop (e.g. in a timber joint, or at the end of a kanji stroke); remaining (e.g. poste-restante)
to put on clothes; to wear clothes; to be the personification of
to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate
to press against; to push against; to force against; to foist on (task, responsibility); to impose (one's will)
common gull (Larus canus); mew gull; gull (Laridae spp.); seagull
raising the curtain; opening (of an event); start of a season
curtain; bunting; act (in play)
left and right; right and left; (asserting) control; influence; one's attendants; people accompanying one
house; one's house; one's home; one's family
wing; Chinese "Wings" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); (arch.) counter for birds or bird wings
water (esp. cool, fresh water, e.g. drinking water); fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid; flood; floodwaters; water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout
to calm down; to compose oneself; to calm down; to settle down; to settle down (in a location, job, etc.); to settle in; to be settled