moustache; beard; whiskers (on a cat, etc.); feelers (on an insect, etc.); shadow (on a candlestick chart)
Japanese chestnut (Castanea crenata)
shell; husk; hull; pod; chaff
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
fish of the genus Rhinogobius; dusky tripletooth goby (Tridentiger obscurus); common freshwater goby (Gymnogobius urotaenia); Japanese fluvial sculpin (fish, Cottus pollux)
although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish
trace; tracks; site; remains; scar
blue; azure; green; pale; gray; unripe
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
to tie; to bind; to bear (fruit); to close (e.g. deal); to confirm; to connect (two distant places); to close tightly
clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.
to get dirty; to become dirty; to become sullied; to become corrupted; to lose one's chastity
feeling refreshed; feeling relieved; neat; tidy; frank; open-hearted; completely
there is a tendency; there is a possibility
Tang dynasty (of China; 618-907); T'ang dynasty; (arch.) China; (arch.) foreign country
frame (i.e. of a sliding door); crosspiece; bar; sliding wooden bolt (for holding a door or window shut); rung (of a ladder)
to wear (in modern Japanese, from the shoulders down); to put on; to bear (guilt, etc.)
rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk
broke; poor; short; skint; having no money
to pay for another; to pay someone else's debt as a loan to him; to make temporary payment on a person's behalf
one yen; throughout (an area); whole district
ten; 10; ten years of age
book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter
to rewrite; to overwrite; to renew; to transfer
one portion; one serving; adult; grown-up; fully fledged; established
loan; lending; favor; favour; creditor; method of lending
capital; funds; seed money; asset
what's the matter?; what's wrong?; what happened (to) ...?; what have you done (with) ...?; where is ...?
by no means; never!; something unexpected; emergency; (arch.) currently; (arch.) for the time being
probably isn't (doesn't, won't, etc.); don't (doesn't) intend to; intend not to; must not; (when used in an imperative sentence) don't
one animal (small); (arch.) two-tan bolt of cloth
human being; human; person; character (of a person)
energy; vigor; vigour; vitality
devoting (oneself) to; concentrating (one's efforts) on
reality; actuality; practice (as opposed to theory); truly; really; bhutakoti (limit of reality)
to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)
depression; low spirits; luxuriant (of vegetation)
origin; beginning; variable measure of fabric (28.8 cm in width); for kimonos: at least 10 m in length; tip; extremity
near; close; beside; third person