ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pile (of noodles, etc.); bullet
complaint; grumbling; objection; phrase; words; expression
flour; meal; powder; dust
objection; dissent; protest
old age; age; old people; (arch.) I; (arch.) me; (arch.) my humble self
final stage; final stretch; live printing area (in publishing); gallery (in a theatre); driving (animals, fish, etc.); herding
lazy; idle; indolent; slothful
lazy person; lazy fellow; slothful person
opposite side; bottom; rear; back; lining; inside; in the shadows
undertaking; underwriting; acceptance
end; tip; end (of the year, month, etc.); close; youngest child; descendants; offspring
style; way; shape; form; appearance; state
trace; tracks; site; remains; scar
grey starling (Sturnus cineraceus); gray starling; starling (any bird of family Sturnidae); bumpkin; gullible person; sixty-nine (sexual position)
grey starling (Sturnus cineraceus); gray starling; starling (any bird of family Sturnidae); bumpkin; gullible person; sixty-nine (sexual position)
fishing; gathering seafood (e.g. clams, seaweed); catch (e.g. of fish); haul
shallow; superficial; slight (wound); light (sleep); short (time); early
bag; sack; skin of an orange (and other like fruits); dead end; plot of land surrounded by water
midwinter; cold season; coldest days of the year
work in a Zen temple (e.g. cleaning, working in the fields)
ankle; malleolus; ankle bone
foxtail millet (Setaria italica); Italian millet (also Hungarian, German)
weird; ominous; eerie; uncanny; ghastly
tail (animal, kite, comet, etc.); tail end; slope at the foot of a mountain
appearance; look; a 'seeming' that fortune-tellers relate to one's fortune; aspect; phase (e.g. solid, liquid and gaseous)
mound; heap; hillock; burial mound; tomb; tumulus
change in pronunciation or meaning of a word; sound change; word with an altered pronunciation or meaning; turning or twisting part of a text (in Chinese poetry)
without (doing); instead of; if (it) isn't done; if (one) doesn't do ...; if not ...; unless ...
hearing; understanding; learning; being informed
still more; to say nothing of; not to mention; still less
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
used to indicate respect for the listener (or reader)
to wither (of a plant); to be blasted; to die; to mature (of one's personality, abilities, etc.)
worry; concern; anxiety; care; help; aid
this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me
this way; here; the person in question; he; since (a time in the past); prior to (a time in the future)
bed; bedding; sickbed; alcove; riverbed; seedbed; straw "core" of a tatami mat
bed; berth; crib; cot; kip; bedroom
drama; play; powerful drug