chopping board; cutting board
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
to stand in a row (e.g. shops on a street); to line in a row; to line; to be equal to; to be on a par with
each house; every house; many houses
occasion; time; section (of a literary work); paragraph; season; term; principle
cheerful; jovial; weather; season; spirit of yang
shopfront; storefront; shopwindow; over-the-counter
neighborhood; neighbourhood; street; block; town
wealthy and powerful family
extravagant; lavish; opulent; luxurious; magnificent; splendid
ridgepole-raising; setting up of the framework of a house
coming and going; traffic; road; street; association; socializing
amount necessary to fill a container (e.g. cupful, spoonful, etc.); drink (usu. alcoholic); full; one squid, octopus, crab, etc.; one boat; fully; to capacity
red and white; colours for festive or auspicious occasions (colors); two teams; two groups; Kōhaku Uta Gassen; annual contest between male and female popular singers on New Year's Eve (sponsored and broadcast by NHK)
kagami mochi; New Year offering consisting of two mochi stacked on each other with a bitter orange on top, cut and eaten on January 11
small grain; small stature or ability
to twist; to wrench; to puzzle over; to defeat easily
to scatter; to sprinkle; to distribute (handbills, etc.); to spread (rumours, etc.); to give the slip; to throw off
greed; craving; desire; appetite; hunger; avarice
skin; hide; rind; peel; shell; sheath
to cramp up; to tighten; to be insistent; to persist (in one's opinion); to act tough; to bluff; to prop up (e.g. with a post)
scaffold; scaffolding; foothold; footing; foothold (e.g. in business); foundation
pole; rod; line; dash; spoken monotonously
to hold in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to have (problems, debts, etc.); to take on (a responsibility); to employ; to have (on one's staff)
central figure; pillar (e.g. of the nation); chief; boss; master carpenter; beams and ridge supports of a roof
scattered; disperse; loose; disconnected; in pieces; in drops
to push; to press; to apply pressure from above; to press down; to stamp (i.e. a passport); to apply a seal; to affix (e.g. gold leaf)
Pacific island flatsedge (Cyperus cyperoides)
in the end; on top of that
to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)
to cry and shout; to scream
identifiable; personalized
to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)
thank you; thanks; much (thanks); very (sorry); quite; really; somehow
eaves; narrow aisle surrounding the core of a temple building
eaves; narrow aisle surrounding the core of a temple building
sun (approx. 3.03 cm); length; measurement; shortness; tininess
squared timber; rectangular lumber
top and bottom; high and low; going up and down; rising and falling; going and coming back; upper and lower classes
three (long cylindrical things); three-of-a-kind (in a dealt hand)
grotesque; disgusting; gross