useful thing; usable article; present; gift
mackerel (esp. the chub mackerel, Scomber japonicus); server (in an online game)
to kick; to refuse; to reject; to stamp (on the ground); to firmly press one's feet (against something)
water content; moisture; water vapor (vapour); steam; dropsy; edema
to bend loosely back and forth; to wriggle; to be crooked
to bring out (the effect of); to put to good use; to make use of (e.g. threats); to use (tact, wit, etc.); to exercise; to display
the rest; the others; in addition (to that); besides that; and so forth; and the like
Japanese plum (Prunus salicina); Chinese plum
apricot (Prunus armeniaca)
gentleman; man of learning and virtue
kumquat (Fortunella spp.); cumquat
squeak; cheep; slurp; sucking noisily; mouse
to smoke; to breathe in; to suck; to sip; to absorb; to soak up
annual function; annual event
end (of play, match, etc.); closing; closing a pachinko machine (after it has paid out its designated maximum)
ornament; decoration; figurehead; leader without real power
premature; untimely (e.g. death); early
battledore (early form of badminton racket)
sounding out; measuring the depths (of a river)
first sale of the year; first trade of the year
(not) so; (not) particularly; (not) very; (not) that much
it is not (like that) either
next; next person; room adjoining a noble's parlor
through; throughout; in the course of; all over or throughout (e.g. a place)
to cut into (a line, conversation, etc.); to force oneself into (e.g. a crowd); to wedge oneself into; to fall below (of stock prices, sales, etc.); to drop below
every year; yearly; annually
two Deva kings; guardian gods of Buddhism who stand at the entrance of a Buddhist temple
light; faint; pale; fleeting
palace; tonic (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); ancient Chinese punishment (castration for men, or confinement for women); zodiacal sign
rope used to cordon off consecrated areas or as a talisman against evil; (arch.) cordoning off; (arch.) cordoning-off sign
tie up; bind; sum; total amount; judo choking (strangling) techniques; last meal eaten when going restaurant hopping; completion
decoration; ornament; trimmings
metal utensil; ironware; metal fittings; hardware
closely; compactly; leaving no space
row; line; company (of someone); group; sequence; counter for rows
painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
to exceed; to be even more (so); to exaggerate
to buy up; to lay in a stock; to stock up; to buy a lot
Kanda myoujin - shrine near Ochanomizu station, Tokyo
to lose; to be defeated; to succumb; to give in; to be inferior to; to break out in a rash due to (e.g. lacquer, shaving, etc.)