vegetables; (edible) greens; blueback (any fish with a bluish back, such as the Japanese sardine)
wheat gluten (usu. steamed or baked)
chicken meat; fowl; poultry; bird meat
circle; entirety; whole; money; dough; enclosure inside a castle's walls; soft-shelled turtle
or something; or something like that; or words to that effect; something or other
to be affected; to put on airs; to act like (something one isn't); to pretend to be
vegetables pickled in sake lees
earthenware; pottery; yakimono; flame-broiled food (esp. fish); tempered blade
precious; valuable; priceless; noble; exalted; sacred
empty-handed; unarmed; lacking funds
Buddhist memorial service
sensation; feeling; tendency; propensity
aburaage; thin deep-fried slices of tofu; frying in oil; deep-fried food
temple festival; fair; fete day; day related to a particular deity and thought to bring divine blessing to those who celebrate it
one thin flat object; one sheet
cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible
close (e.g. of business); leaving (e.g. school); being outdone; compare unfavourably (with); closing price (stockmarket); sink mark (casting, moulding)
bed; bedding; sickbed; alcove; riverbed; seedbed; straw "core" of a tatami mat
graceful; ladylike; modest; gentle; polite; quiet
great difference; major mistake
approximate age; age range
the first and second; a few
charm; attractiveness; courtesy; ingratiating behaviour; entertainment; amusement
beautiful woman; (a) beauty
still more; even more; all the more; still less; even less
to be noticeable; to notice; to catch one's eye
bird; bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry
saucepan; pot; stew; hot pot
period of time (usu. a period of approx. two hours corresponding to one of the signs of the Chinese zodiac); carving; engraving; victory; strictness; cruelty
to give an order; to place an order; to have made to order
landlocked masu salmon (Oncorhynchus masou masou)
widow; divorced woman not remarried; unmarried woman
widower; divorced man not remarried
to keep in mind; to bear in mind; to try; to aim to do; to endeavor; to endeavour
expert; learned person; doctor; PhD; instructor at the imperial court (ritsuryo period); pitch and length marks (to accompany a Buddhist liturgical chant, etc.)
hair; fur; wool; down; plumage