hunting; harvesting (e.g. berries, fruit); picking; gathering
back-facing; backwards; backward-looking; retrogressive; reactionary
moon (esp. full moon); circle fashioned after the moon; decorative ring on the chest of a monk's stole; straw trivet; white crescent-shaped chest patch of an Asiatic black bear
to lean over (someone); to bend over; to lean on; to weigh on one; to bear (heavily) on one; to lie on one
to go under; to pass under; to dive (into or under the water); to evade; to get around; to survive
spear; lance; javelin; lance; (arch.) jeering
to push up; to force up; to pressure one's superiors; to burst out (of emotions, etc.); to fill one's heart
risky; dangerous; suggestive; bordering on the obscene; (arch.) extreme; (arch.) harsh
skilfulness; skillfulness; cleverness
house; home; one's house; one's home; one's husband
entering; setting (of the Sun); containing; content; income; beginning
hole; opening; pit; hollow; burrow; den; deficit
to get; to earn; to understand; to comprehend; to receive something undesirable (e.g. a punishment); to get (ill)
parent; parents; dealer (in cards, mahjong, etc.); banker; founder; inventor; (pet) owner
temple; shrine; hall; company; (arch.) front room
light and easy; lambent; clever; witty; smart
briefly drawn picture; haiku picture
tea; tea plant (Camellia sinensis); tea preparation; making tea; brown; (arch.) mockery
pitch; tone; time; tempo; mood; tendency
haiku; 17-mora poem, usu. in 3 lines of 5, 7 and 5 morae
to be titled (e.g. a book); to be named
outline; main points; generally; on the whole; general; rough
caricature; cartoon; comics
to be playful; to gambol; to be amused (with something); to flirt with
scrawl; scribble; graffiti; doodle
volume (of book); reel (of film); scroll (of books or paintings); roll (paper, etc.)
majority; more than half; most (of); mostly; largely; mainly
to cover; to bury (e.g. one's face in hands); to submerge; to fill (completely); to stuff; to pack
woman's handwriting; hiragana
here and there; in places
to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)
very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point
amateur; layman; respectable woman (i.e. not a prostitute, hostess, geisha); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute
coloured paper; colored paper
long, narrow strip of paper on which Japanese poems are written (vertically); tanzaku; thin rectangle
to get on (train, plane, bus, ship, etc.); to get in; to get on (e.g. a footstool); to step on; to reach; to go over; to follow
to get used to; to become accustomed to; to be at home (on the stage)
generally; in the main; (more or less) everything; all parts; ordinary; usual
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
living; life (one's daily existence); livelihood
to play a leading role; to play a central part
to fill (with); to be filled with; to express (an emotion); to project (sadness, joy, etc.); to wear (e.g. a smile)
personnel affairs; human affairs; human resources; HR