thick (paper, cloth, etc.); heavy
thick; deep; kind; cordial; serious (of an illness); abundant
rice bowl; tea cup; teacup
to put in; to let in; to admit; to accept; to accept; to comply; to include
to bring; to take (something) along; to fetch; to get
woman employed in a restaurant, teahouse or teahouse offering sexual services
plot of land; lot; soil; locality; region; place
famous product; special product; speciality; specialty
neck; head; dismissal; discharge
hairline at nape of neck; nape of neck
refrigerator; cold; cool; cold sake
cold water; cold sake; cold; cool
bold; audacious; impudent; unashamed; unabashed
lately; recently; nowadays
looking; viewing; (please) try (to)
end; finish; bounds; limits; delivery date (of a futures contract); finale (of a noh song); end of an act (in jōruri or kabuki)
key; lock; key (to a problem); clue
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first
to scatter; to sprinkle; to spray; to lavish (money, charm, etc.)
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)
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
taking turns on duty (esp. daimyo's retainers on duty in Edo)
tuft (of hair, threads, etc.); fringe; bunch (of grapes, bananas, etc.); cluster (of flowers); segment (of a tangerine, etc.); section
state (US, Australia, India, Germany, etc.); province (e.g. Canada); continent; (arch.) dear
coming out; going out; attending (work); appearing (on stage); start; beginning; origins
manservant employed by a samurai (Edo period)
old person; senior citizen; the aged; the elderly
black kite (Milvus migrans); construction worker; scaffold erector; fire hook; reddish brown; Inverness cape; filcher
young man; young woman; young people; youth; youngsters
to be in confusion or commotion; to be in a turmoil; to be crowded or jammed with people
in terms of; from the point of view of
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
flaring up; burning hotly; flying into a rage; losing one's cool; opening suddenly and widely (e.g. eyes, mouth); (arch.) acting resolutely
to rise high (of water); to overflow; to swell; to be filled with (emotion, energy, etc.); to be bursting with; to be brimming with
ascent; climbing; up-train; train heading toward the starting point of its route; upbound (esp. toward Tokyo); upstream
sailfin sandfish (Arctoscopus japonicus); Japanese sandfish
to flash (e.g. lightning); to flicker; to flutter (e.g. flag); to wave; to flash into one's mind (e.g. an idea); to come to one suddenly
signboard depicting scene from a play (usu. outside a theatre)
poisonous; venomous; hateful; detestable; gaudy; garish
to shine; to glitter; to sparkle