insect; bug; worm; roundworm; one's emotions; one's feelings; nervousness
glasses; eyeglasses; spectacles; judgment; judgement; discrimination
yearned for; longed for; missed
degree of heat; temperature; enthusiasm
imitation; fake; phony; pseudo-
imitation; fake; phony; pseudo-
X-ray; roentgen (unit of ionizing radiation)
wind; gas; fart; something worthless; something not worth considering
than; other than; except; but
to sever; to cut off; to suppress; to eradicate; to abstain (from); to give up
to cut (grass, hair, etc.); to mow; to clip; to trim; to prune; to shear
... the heck (e.g. "what the heck?"); ... in the world (e.g. "why in the world?"); ... on earth (e.g. "who on earth?")
where ... is concerned; when it becomes; if it becomes
insanity; insane person; vagabond; wanderer
square; formal; prim; stuffy
signboard; sign; draw; attraction; reputation (of a shop); name
muscle stiffness (esp. in shoulders); lump (in tissue, esp. breast); swelling; lingering discomfort; uneasiness
highly priced; expensive; valuable; costly
collection (e.g. of a debt); dunning; selection (for a position); exceptional promotion; fresh; freshly picked
psychiatrist; mental specialist; alienist
swindler; fraudster; trickster; con man
monkey (esp. the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata); ape; sly person; idiot; hick; sliding wooden bolt (for holding a door or window shut); clasp used to control the height of a pot-hook
great antiquity; old-fashioned; long ago
mental illness; emotional disorder
construction of a house (divination term); form of a house
direction; way; point of the compass; cardinal direction; method; means
prayer; grace (at meals); exorcism
ban (e.g. on smoking); prohibition
disagreeable; detestable; unpleasant; reluctant
charm; incantation; spell; curse
water offered to God; water drunk before an altar to symbolize the making of a vow; miracle-working water; water which gathers in the nodes of bamboo after falling as rain at noon on the 5th day of the 5th month (lunar calendar), thought to be effective when used in medicines
water; (drinking) water; night entertainment business; nightlife worker; racy; titillating
ticket; token; label; tag; sign; card; playing card
hybrid mulberry tree used to make Japanese paper (Broussonetia kazinoki x papyrifera)
completely; entirely; nonchalantly; as if nothing happened
to become better; to improve
after (a long process); at the end of; last line (of a renga)
after (a long process); at the end of; last line (of a renga)