to bloom; to flower; to blossom; to open
rod; pole; neck (of a shamisen, etc.); shamisen; beam (i.e. the crossbar of a balance); single line (esp. as a flying formation for geese); penis
to bend; to warp; to yield; to be supple (e.g. bamboo, body); to be flexible; to be pliant
to hold one's breath; to catch one's breath
toy; (person or thing treated as a) plaything
playing; play (margin between on and off, gap before pressing button or lever has an effect)
firefly (Luciola cruciata); lightning bug; glowworm
what; what sort of thing; everything; anything; what (on earth)?; what's the meaning of this ...?
trunk; torso; plastron (in kendo); touching the plastron (kimari-te in kendo); frame (of a drum, etc.); sound box (of a shamisen, etc.)
aphid; plant louse; cockroach; Japanese house bat (Pipistrellus abramus); hanger-on; parasite
stock; share; stump; (clump of) roots; plant with attached roots or stem; strain (of bacteria, etc.); stock company
carrying (on one's person or in the hand); mobile phone; cell phone
weasel (esp. the Japanese weasel, Mustela itatsi); mustelid (any other member of the weasel family, incl. badgers, martens, minks, ferrets, otters, polecats, stoats, skunks, etc.)
weasel (esp. the Japanese weasel, Mustela itatsi); mustelid (any other member of the weasel family, incl. badgers, martens, minks, ferrets, otters, polecats, stoats, skunks, etc.)
contracted regular payment, e.g. monthly, weekly, etc.; by the (month, week, etc.)
business trip; official trip
professor; teaching; instruction
and also; and on top of that; so (I take it that ...); then ...; (arch.) in that case; (arch.) if so
large part; greater part; people in general; general public; mostly; for the most part
fishing; gathering seafood (e.g. clams, seaweed); catch (e.g. of fish); haul
open date; start of (hunting) season
to be affected; to put on airs; to act like (something one isn't); to pretend to be
dangerous; unsettled; troubled; disturbed; insecure
arista; awn; (grain) beard
ridge (in field); row of raised earth when planting crops; rib (cloth, mountains, sea); cord (e.g. corduroy)
to decrease (in size or number); to diminish; to abate
same village; same town; same province
person's origin (e.g. city, country, parentage, school)
any bird of family Motacillidae (excluding the pipits); wagtail; longclaw
any bird of family Motacillidae (excluding the pipits); wagtail; longclaw
flying; leaping; zero; naught; flying fish (esp. the Japanese flying fish, Cypselurus agoo); running out of points (zero or fewer)
parasol (esp. one carried in the hand); sunshade
(male) farmer; peasant; farmhand
toothed medick (Medicago polymorpha); hairy medick; bur clover; white clover (Trifolium repens)
to separate (by distance, time, etc.); to isolate; to interpose; to have between; to alienate; to estrange
to shout; to cry; to scream; to clamour
to throw into disorder; to disarrange; to disturb (order, peace, etc.); to corrupt (public morals); to dishevel (hair)
just like that; quite so; I agree; (lit.) that street