round shape; circle; circular form
to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)
native Japanese characters (i.e. hiragana and katakana); kana; kanji created in Japan (as opposed to China); Japanese-made kanji
hole; opening; pit; hollow; burrow; den; deficit
rejection; expulsion; boycott; ostracism
had better ...; had better not ...
angle; square; cube; bishop; third degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); Chinese "horn" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); jiao (monetary unit of China; one-tenth of a yuan)
to leave (behind); to leave (undone); to not finish; to save; to set aside; to leave (to someone, esp. after one's death)
common reed (Phragmites australis)
feather; plume; wing; shuttlecock (in badminton)
frost; white hair; grey hair; gray hair
speckled with white; salt-and-pepper (pattern, fabric, etc.); marbling (of beef); (of fish, chicken, shellfish, etc.) blanching by exposure to boiling and then icy water; formation of frost
cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull
direction; orientation; suited to; suitable for; tendency; inclination
tide; current; sea water; opportunity; chance
reason; significance; cause; piece of information that one has heard; I hear that ...; it is said that ...
evil; wickedness; (role of) the villain (in theatre, etc.); the bad guy
to celebrate; to congratulate; to present (a gift) in celebration; to drink in celebration; to wish for (a happy future, good fortune, etc.); to pray for
good; goodness; right; virtue
(logical) true; regular; 10^40; ten thousand undecillion; original; positive
abundant; plentiful; rich; wealthy; open (mind); relaxed
opposition; resistance; antagonism; reverse; opposite; inverse
common reed (Phragmites australis)
common reed (Phragmites australis)
three; three years of age
firstborn; first-produced; newborn
great; grand; magnificent; outstanding; mighty
(arch.) surrounding area; shore (of the sea); suffix used as a rough indicator of location, direction, time, etc.
large crowd; large herd; large flock; large school; large shoal; swarm
culm (hollow stem of a grass)
bamboo screen; rattan blind; bamboo mat (for rolling sushi)
bamboo shoot; inexperienced doctor; quack
sprout; shoot; bud; germinal disk (in an egg)
wakame (species of edible brown seaweed, Undaria pinnatifida)