left skirt of a kimono; geisha (because they often walked holding the left hem of their kimono)
loungewear; comfortable clothing worn at home
column; beam; girder; digit; decade; order of magnitude
small vessel or bowl in which sake cups are rinsed
best regards; please take care of; please do
pot of chicken or seafood, and vegetables in a dashi broth, usu. cooked at the table (traditionally a winter meal); seafood and vegetable stew or chowder
to poke (repeatedly, lightly); to nudge; to peck at (one's food); to pick at; to peck at (someone's faults, etc.); to egg on
nothing; naught; nought; un-; non-
scale (of fish, snake, etc.); serif (on kana or kanji (e.g. in Mincho font))
(animal) feed; fodder; pet food; bait; lure; enticement
warming up sake; warmed sake
flaring up; bursting into flames
to burn; to burn with (emotion, feeling); to be fired up
party (of people); set (of people); clan; family; fellow
ghost; apparition; phantom; spectre; specter; demon
spear; lance; javelin; lance; (arch.) jeering
to gulp down (a drink); to slurp
(musical) time; tempo; beat; the moment; the instance; chance
to resemble; to look like; to be like; to be alike; to be similar; to take after
outside; exterior; the open (air); other place; somewhere else
large brown cicada (Graptopsaltria nigrofuscata); aburazemi
source (of a spring, etc.); source (of payment, energy, knowledge, etc.); origin; wellspring
pleasantry; joke; tomfoolery
play; sport; fun; caprice; joke; jest
to name; to call; to christen; to term
monthly installment (instalment); monthly payment
banter; raillery; ridicule; teasing; making fun of
to be completed; to be finished; to be ready (e.g. to serve or eat); to be very drunk
iridescent colour; equivocal (reply, statement, etc.); ambiguous; vague
sea air; sea breeze; ocean and atmosphere; type of yarn-dyed silk goods
soft, light rustling (e.g. leaves in the wind)
neighbourhood; neighborhood; all sides; frontiers (of a country); four sides (of a shape)
workmanship; craftsmanship; grades; results; quality (e.g. of a crop); dealings
by no means; never!; something unexpected; emergency; (arch.) currently; (arch.) for the time being
to finish; to end; to merely result in something less severe than expected; to feel at ease; to feel unease or guilt for troubling someone; to be sorry
pains; hard work; effort; trouble; labour; labor
result; consequence; coming to fruition; bearing fruit; as a result; consequently