polished rice; (uncooked) white rice
one shō (approx. 1.8 litres)
furnished with; including; attached to; impression; appearance; luck; sociality
furnished with; including; attached to; impression; appearance; luck; sociality
sen (hundredth of a yen); coin made of non-precious materials; one-thousandth of a kan (as a unit of currency); (arch.) one-thousandth of a kan (as a unit of mass)
to arrive at (e.g. a decision); to reach (a stage); to lead to (a place); to get to; in the extreme case of; (arch.) to come
day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date
to run over (with a vehicle); to knock down
class; order; et cetera; etc.; equal; iso-
again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and
how; in what way; how about
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
mostly; nearly; practically; well-nigh; almost invariably; all but
starvation; famine; hunger
adds force or indicates command
muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line
and; moreover; besides; as well as; and on top of that; at the same time
Naniwa (former name for Osaka region)
here and there; in places
disquieting; threatening; turbulent; restless; unsettled; disturbing
consultation; discussion; conference; collusion; bid-rigging
at first; in the beginning; originally
to be attached; to be connected with; to remain imprinted; to scar; to bear (fruit, interest, etc.); to be acquired (of a habit, ability, etc.); to increase (of strength, etc.)
(husked grains of) rice; staple (product, etc.); necessity
round coin with a (square) hole in the center; coin made of non-precious materials; money
to throw down; to throw out; to abandon; to resign; to give freely; to give generously
to pile up; to stack; to load (car, ship, etc.); to pack; to acquire; to accumulate
unreasonable; irrational; outrageous; absurd
draw (in go, poetry contest, etc.); tie
some ... and others ...; sometimes ... and at other times ...; or; either ... or
price; cost; charge; consideration (in a contract)
straw bag; sack; bale; counter for sacks (of rice, potatoes, coal, etc.)
to leave; to go away; to pass; to elapse; to be distant; to send away; to drive off
(United States of) America; USA
quotient; dealing; dealer; second degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); Shang dynasty (China, approx. 1600-1046 BCE); Yin dynasty
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
bamboo grass; generally smaller species of running bamboo that do not shed their sheaths (e.g. Sasa spp.)