minute (unit of time); fun (one tenth of a monme, 5.787 grains)
called; known as; that; to say
whitecaps; white-crested waves; thief
gentle spring rain; glass noodles; cellophane noodles; thin noodles made from bean starch (or potato starch)
to dye; to colour; to color
foot of a mountain; plain at the foot of a mountain; range; spread; extent
to become clear (water, air, etc.); to become transparent; to resonate clearly (e.g. voice); to become serene; to become tranquil; to pronounce as an unvoiced sound
water (esp. cool or cold); fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid; flood; floodwaters; water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout
here and there; in places
common; commonplace; pulp paper; granulated sugar
foot; paw; leg; gait; pace; lower radical of a kanji; means of transportation
to age; to grow old (esp. in appearance); to show marks of age
to empty; to vacate; to evacuate
Japanese apricot (Prunus mume); Japanese plum; ume; lowest (of a three-tier ranking system)
to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)
Moon; month; moonlight; (a) moon; natural satellite
to keep secret; to conceal
male carer (at a nursery school, children's home, etc.); childcare worker
dawn; daybreak; beginning
be that the case, do so; do as you please; in any case
belonging to no party or school of thought
palm tree (any tree of family Arecaceae)
unchanged (from long ago); as it was in the past; same old; traditional
in general; on the whole; for the most part; by and large; almost all
height (e.g. of summer); peak (e.g. of cherry blossom season); prime (of one's life); (one's) best days; (being in) heat; rut
peak; summit; ridge; back of a blade
shaking; shake; unsettledness; instability; existence of multiple spellings, pronunciations, usages, etc. for a single word
to separate (by distance, time, etc.); to isolate; to interpose; to have between; to alienate; to estrange
colour; color; complexion; skin colour; look (on one's face); expression; appearance
grandfather; old man; kyogen mask used for the role of an old man
to crowd; to flock; to swarm
look!; there!; here!; that is
reverberation; swelling (of a hymn); lingering memory; aftertaste; suggestiveness (of a book, poem, etc.)
appreciation (of art, music, poetry, etc.)
special; particular; peculiar; unique
first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
perusal; one reading; reading through (once)
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
gently sloping; gentle; gradual; smooth (process); gentle (e.g. tone of voice); slow (e.g. growth)