hot (thing); passionate (feelings, etc.); ardent; hot (e.g. temper); zealous; enthusiastic; intense
sharp (blade); pointed; sharp (pain); stabbing; perceptive; keen
pain; ache; soreness; damage; injury; wear
it's no big deal; it's no problem; it's nothing to worry about; safe (and sound); all right
to fail; to blunder; to mess up; to be dismissed; to be fired
to loosen; to slacken; to relax (attention, efforts, etc.); to let down (one's guard); to relax (a rule); to ease (e.g. restrictions)
just (now, at the moment, etc.); just as; in the act of; as soon as; at the moment that
dark red; dark brown; reddish brown
to exude (e.g. sweat); to ooze; to seep out; to reveal itself (of emotions, etc.)
very fast; in a twinkle; before one's eyes
to expand; to swell (out); to get big; to become inflated
to ripen; to mature; to be ready for action; to be the right time (to act); to be in common use; to come to sound natural
drop (e.g. of water); drip
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
to drip; to drop; to trickle; to overflow (with freshness, beauty, etc.)
in an instant; in a moment; immediately; suddenly; all of a sudden; all at once
centre; center; middle; capital; seat of government
to draw; to paint; to depict; to describe; to picture in one's mind; to imagine
ukiyo-e print produced with various shades of indigo (and sometimes small amounts of vermilion or yellow)
trunk; torso; plastron (in kendo); touching the plastron (kimari-te in kendo); frame (of a drum, etc.); sound box (of a shamisen, etc.)
to soak; to dip; to steep; to moisten; to wet
to hit (e.g. to have a car hit someone); to run into; to reject; to deny; to eliminate; to exclude; to flip
food; foodstuff; eating; appetite; meal; portion
stroke (of a kanji, etc.)
to swell; to rise; to bulge; to rouse; to get excited
sensation; feeling; tendency; propensity
pure white; blank (e.g. mind, paper)
porcelain (esp. hard-paste porcelain); china; chinaware
skin; body (in the context of intimate bodily contact); surface; grain (e.g. of wood); disposition; temperament
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
minute (unit of time); fun (one tenth of a monme, 5.787 grains)
Japanese calligraphy paper (approx. 25cm by 35cm)
(writing, painting) brush
pains; hard work; effort; trouble; labour; labor
to finish writing; to complete; to write down (e.g. a list); to write out
ice; shaved ice (usually served with flavored simple syrup)
to strain; to stretch; to string up; to cover over (e.g. with tiles, ice, etc.)
flame; blaze; flames (of intense emotion, e.g. love, jealousy, anger); passion
to whirl; to eddy; to be all jumbled together (feelings, thoughts, etc.); to surge; to sweep