hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius)
to beat (a drum); to pluck up courage
as (X, then Y); with; in accordance with; in proportion to
presumption; assumption; estimation
all; altogether; entirely; exactly like; just like; spitting image of
fault; defect; flaw; failure (in an examination); failing grade
virtue; charm; merit; good point
thoughtless; reckless; rash; excessive; unreasonable; immoderate
nature; natural constitution; innate disposition
one's nature; talents; destiny; mission; sphere of activity
glance; look; glimpse; complete view; bird's-eye view
drawing; sketch; outline; summary; synopsis
practice; practising; training; study
approximate age; apparent age; marriageable age (esp. of a woman); age of maturity; appropriate age (to ...); old enough (to ...)
idiom; set phrase; idiomatic phrase; proverb; saying; quote
to punch; to hit and hit; to stamp out; to pierce; to bore into; to knock down walls
severe; strict; hard (to do); difficult; intense (e.g. cold); harsh (weather)
to surprise; to frighten; to create a stir
failure; collapse; breakdown; break-up; bankruptcy
yellow catalpa (Catalpa ovata); Chinese catalpa
one (of a pair); incomplete; imperfect; few; little; off-centre
to bend; to flutter; to wave; to yield to; to be swayed by; to bow to
bamboo grass; generally smaller species of running bamboo that do not shed their sheaths (e.g. Sasa spp.)
Japanese bush warbler (Horornis diphone); Japanese nightingale; greenish brown; having a beautiful voice
raw; uncooked; natural; as it is; unprotected (sex); live (i.e. not recorded); inexperienced
departure; departing (from ...); sending; sent (by ...); engine; counter for gunshots, bursts of gas, etc.
Mt.; Mount; (fig.) Mt.; (fig.) Mount
next (e.g. "next April"); forthcoming; coming; to come; to arrive; to be due to
to break; to fracture; to fold; to bend; to make (origami); to interrupt
clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.
to yearn for (someone, something); to miss
therefore; thus; well, then ...; that's right; indeed; (arch.) ... on earth?
friendly; sociable; brittle; fragile; light
work in a Zen temple (e.g. cleaning, working in the fields)
to scatter; to cause a shower of; to disperse; to distribute; to resolve (a symptom, condition, etc.); to relieve
particle used to indicate the speaker's hope, desire, wish, etc. (e.g. "it would be nice if ...", "I wish there were ...", etc.)
first flower of the season or year; first flowering on a plant; first menstruation; woman who has just reached adulthood
midwinter; cold season; coldest days of the year
lower reaches (of a river); bottom; lower part; lower half (of the body, esp. the privates); feces (faeces); end