gloomy (e.g. mood); depressing; irritating; troublesome; heavy (weather); cloudy
overcast sky in the rainy season
whispering; subdued; murmuring; dry and tasteless
uniform; equal; even; common; ordinary; usual
eaves; narrow aisle surrounding the core of a temple building
to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate
coating (esp. lacquering)
patent medicine; nonprescription drug
signboard; sign; draw; attraction; reputation (of a shop); name
vivid; bright; brilliant; skillful; skilful; adept
to be conspicuous; to stand out
politics; government; peace; (arch.) medical treatment; (arch.) cure
village headman; village mayor
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
monkey (esp. the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata); ape; sly person; idiot; hick; sliding wooden bolt (for holding a door or window shut); clasp used to control the height of a pot-hook
imperial capital (esp. Kyoto); final word of an iroha poem; 10^16; 10,000,000,000,000,000
barrier; checkpoint; checking station
wheat field; barley field; cornfield
to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
mountains and rivers; natural surroundings
appearance; shape; form; atmosphere; look; feel
koku; traditional unit of volume, approx. 180.4 litres; measure of a Japanese-style boat's loading capacity (approx. 278.26 liters)
abundant; plentiful; rich; wealthy; open (mind); relaxed
(bearing a) close resemblance; vivid reminder (e.g. of the past); dim; faint; vague
rain; rainy day; rainy weather; the November suit (in hanafuda)
evening primrose (esp. the fourwing evening primrose, Oenothera tetraptera)
to raise one's head; to come to the fore; to rise into importance; to gain strength; to rear its head
cluster of trees; grove; thicket
to accompany; to follow; to assemble (necessary items); to prepare
to collapse; to crumble; to get out of shape; to lose one's shape; to break down; to be thrown into disarray; to crash (stock market)
pillar; post; support; prop; counter for buddhas, gods, nobles, etc.
one's nature; one's destiny; custom; tradition; habit
crotch; crutch; groin; fork (in a tree, road, river, etc.); tines (of a fork)
wobbling; tottering; wavering (e.g. over a decision); dithering; boiling up; dizzily
married couple; husband and wife; man and wife; his and hers; pair of objects, one larger (for man), one smaller (for woman)