to be transparent; to leave a gap
to die (esp. foliage as winter approaches)
Japanese morning glory (Ipomoea nil); picotee morning glory; funnel-shaped object; bell (e.g. of a trumpet); (arch.) rose of Sharon (Hibiscus syriacus)
bowl; pot; flowerpot; crown; brainpan
five; five years of age; eight o'clock (old time system)
six; six years of age; six o'clock (old time system)
change in pronunciation or meaning of a word; sound change; word with an altered pronunciation or meaning; turning or twisting part of a text (in Chinese poetry)
leaf; blade (of grass); (pine) needle
black; dark; blackish; suspicious; criminal; darkened and dirty; sooty
silver cock's comb (Celosia argentea, esp. crested cock's comb, Celosia argentea var. cristata)
root (of a plant); root (of a tooth, hair, etc.); center (of a pimple, etc.); root (of all evil, etc.); source; one's true nature
earth; soil; the earth (historically, esp. as opposed to the heavens); the ground; low-quality torinoko-gami (containing mud); (period of) refraining from construction in the direction of the god of the earth (in Onmyōdō)
to dye; to colour; to color
smoothly; frictionlessly; easily
(small) red dragonfly; darter (dragonfly of genus Sympetrum, esp. the autumn darter, Sympetrum frequens)
indolence; laziness; sloth
fishing; angling; change (for a purchase); clickbaiting; trolling; writing deliberately inflammatory posts online
squirrel's foot fern (Davallia mariesii); Lepisorus thunbergianus (species of fern); color of clothing layers under one's overcoat (light green on blue); ancient women's hairstyle; clothing patterned using squirrel's foot fern
fishing; angling; change (for a purchase); clickbaiting; trolling; writing deliberately inflammatory posts online
charge; duty; person in charge; official; clerk
dew; tears; (not) a bit; (not) at all
ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pile (of noodles, etc.); bullet
qian (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: heaven, northwest)
to seem to be ...; to become like ...; to behave as ...
frog; kajika frog (Buergeria buergeri)
dried fish (or shellfish, etc.)
to take the form of (esp. in ref. to a spirit, fox, raccoon dog, etc.); to assume the shape of; to disguise oneself as; to change radically; to metamorphose; to improve unexpectedly and dramatically (esp. of an actor, artist, rikishi, etc.)
to compose (a Japanese poem); to write; to use as the theme of a poem; to recite (e.g. a poem); to chant; to intone
red; crimson; Red; communist; (arch.) beautiful
long, narrow strip of paper on which Japanese poems are written (vertically); tanzaku; thin rectangle
to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included
often; again and again; frequently; repeatedly
rain and wind; driving rain
warehouse; storehouse; cellar; magazine; granary; godown
to sever; to cut off; to suppress; to eradicate; to abstain (from); to give up
degree; extent; (health) condition; state of health; adjustment; moderation; addition and subtraction
small; little; slight; below average (in degree, amount, etc.); low (e.g. sound); soft (e.g. voice)
suddenly; casually; accidentally; incidentally; unexpectedly; unintentionally
to put out one's tongue; to stick out one's tongue
to joke; to jest; to make fun of; to laugh at; to romp; to gambol
to play dumb; to feign ignorance; to play the fool; to be in one's dotage
provoking; rather annoying; (speaking ironically) darling
to stop by; to drop in for a short visit
to stop; to cease; to come to an end; to cut off
bored; having nothing to do; idle
to watch steadily; to stare