both hands; both arms; ten
to pick up (with chopsticks); to take
difficult to ...; hard to ...
nori; laver; edible seaweed, usu. Porphyra yezoensis or P. tenera, usu. dried and pressed into sheets
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
sliced ginger prepared in vinegar (served with sushi); pickled ginger; mimeograph; reprimand; rebuke; overly skinny person
to hit; to expose; to apply (e.g. patch); to put on; to allot; to call on someone (e.g. in class); to guess (an answer)
to become weak; to decline; to wear; to abate; to decay; to wither
to bite; to chew; to gnaw; to fumble one's words (esp. during a play, broadcast, etc.); to falter with one's words; to crash against (e.g. of waves); to break onto (shore)
harvest moon (trad. 15th day of the 8th lunar month)
Qing dynasty (China, 1644-1912); Ch'ing dynasty; Manchu dynasty
to take the name of; to call oneself; to pretend; to feign; to purport
to conceal oneself; to hide; to endure; to bear; to stand
in regard to; concerning (usu. of disputes)
to open (a door, etc.); to unwrap (e.g. parcel, package); to open (for business, etc.); to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out
shō; traditional unit of volume, approx. 1.8 litres
wine shop; liquor store; pub; heavy drinker
(not) altogether; (not) wholly
non-drinker; someone who cannot drink
personal letter; epistolary style
acknowledgment; acknowledgement; letter of thanks
actual state (of things); real state; live; on-the-scene; reporting live; live coverage
one night; one evening; all night; overnight
to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out; to be away from (e.g. one's house); to leave (temporarily); to dawn
season (in nature, sports, etc.); seasonal word or phrase (in haiku); year
to point; to nominate; to select someone; to identify; to indicate; to play (a game of shogi)
on this occasion; now; in these circumstances; with this opportunity
enjoyment of spring; interest in spring
to regard (as); to recognize (as); to see as; to pay attention to; to watch
having a wife; marrying (a woman); marriage
living; life (one's daily existence); livelihood
Japanese bush warbler (Horornis diphone); Japanese nightingale; greenish brown; having a beautiful voice
feces (esp. animal); excrement; dung
eaves; narrow aisle surrounding the core of a temple building
that kind of; that way; that move; that trick; that game
plate; dish; serving; helping; kanji radical 108 (at the bottom)
to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up