first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young (animal); young woman; offshoot
in name and in reality; nominally and virtually; form and contents
being proficient in both; combine both
to cover (with something); to put on (e.g. on someone else's head); to plate something (with a metal); to pour or dash a liquid (on something); to charge (a person with a guilt)
dispensable chopsticks; throwaway chopsticks
bag; sack; skin of an orange (and other like fruits); dead end; plot of land surrounded by water
piece; slice; cloth; sharpness; agility; counter for scraps, pieces, etc.
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
Buddha; Shakyamuni; Buddhist image; figure of Buddha; the dead; dead person
modernization; modernisation
refined; genteel; graceful; decent
flavor; flavour; charm; appeal; experience; taste (e.g. of victory)
enchantress; seductress; vamp
Japanese apricot (Prunus mume); Japanese plum; ume; lowest (of a three-tier ranking system)
hem; (trouser) cuff; bottom part; bottom edge; foot (of a mountain); tips (of hair)
black ground; black cloth
to pull out; to draw out; to omit; to leave out; to do to the end; to carry through; to let out (e.g. air from a tyre)
cooked rice; meal; food; one's living; livelihood
average; medium; mid-grade (item); regular grade; same level as; equal to
child (esp. a boy); viscount; founder of a school of thought (esp. Confucius); master; masters and philosophers (categorization of Chinese classical literature); (arch.) you; -er (i.e. man who spends all his time doing...)
handsome man; looker; good guy; great guy; influential person (esp. in the yakuza); sumo wrestler
indicates supposition; if ... then; when; (typically after someone's name) indicates exasperation
activity (of a person, organization, animal, volcano, etc.); action; movie (esp. during the silent movie period)
actor; actress; man of wits; clever person; cunning fellow
Onoe Matsunosuke (1875.9.12-1926.9.11)
four-legged tray for festive food
sweetfish (Plecoglossus altivelis altivelis); ayu
grilling (fish) with salt; broiling with salt; boiling seawater to get salt
to lend; to loan; to rent out; to hire out
to pluck; to pick; to tear
unskillful; poor; awkward; imprudent; untactful
bone; frame; outline; core; backbone; spirit
performance; execution; skill; dexterity; tact
hill; height; knoll; rising ground
to ask a high price; to overcharge
sarcastic; having a sharp tongue; having a sharp nasty tongue
loveable; very likeable; like very much
to raise one's hand; to surrender; to raise one's hand to someone (as a threat to strike); to become better (at something); to improve; to throw one's hat in the ring