many; much; plenty; hardly
crushed rice; tiny pieces of rice
scenery; scene; landscape
anyhow; at all events; in any case; either way; anyway
to compare; to make a comparison; to compete; to vie
identical; same; one and the same; fair; equal treatment; without discrimination
stamp; seal; seal impression; seal; mudra (symbolic hand gesture); ninja hand sign
to put back; to return; to vomit; to throw up; to recover (of a market price)
to give (time, money, goods); to donate; to do; to perform; to apply (processing, makeup, etc.); to add (e.g. ornamentation, annotation)
reduction; decrease; subtraction; (arch.) reduction of penalty (under the ritsuryo codes)
a little; some; somewhat; amount; quantity; number
term; period; time frame; time limit; deadline; cutoff (date)
great difference; big difference; wide margin
Kyoto-Osaka; Kyoto and Osaka
rich (in flavor, color, smell, etc.); thick; very likely; highly possible; passionate; hot
teriyaki (meat or fish marinated in sweet soy sauce and broiled)
if you do this; if this is the case
precipitation; deposition; settlement (e.g. of sediment)
to get moldy; to get mouldy; to get out-of-fashion
easy; simple; informal; offhand; cheap
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
sweetness; sugary taste; sweets; dessert; cake
have to do; must; should; ought to
Hitachi (former province located in the major part of present-day Ibaraki Prefecture)
shell (e.g. of a pea); pod; hull
white gooseweed (Chenopodium album); fat hen; lamb's-quarters; pigweed
earth; soil; the earth (historically, esp. as opposed to the heavens); the ground; low-quality torinoko-gami (containing mud); (period of) refraining from construction in the direction of the god of the earth (in Onmyōdō)
neighborhood; neighbourhood; vicinity; neighborhood; neighbourhood
old name for part of Hyogo prefecture
ear (of a cereal plant); head; point (of a brush, spear, etc.); tip; crest (of a wave); scion (in grafting)
inferior goods; faulty item
to make efforts; to take pains; to break a bone
morals; morality; sincerity
to palm off; to force a sale
route; road; distance travelled in a day; one's ... (age, e.g. 40s, 60s)
excellent-good-poor; first-second-third (class); (in) three volumes (a literary work)