to dry up; to scab; to be poisoned (with lacquer); (arch.) to waste away
to build; to construct; to erect; to amass (e.g. fortune); to pile up
to harden; to freeze; to put together; to collect; to make secure; to stabilize; to fortify
coming out; going out; attending (work); appearing (on stage); start; beginning; origins
small peninsula; cape; promontory; headland
sweet flag (Acorus calamus); calamus; Japanese iris (Iris ensata var. ensata)
Eurasian oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus); (arch.) black-headed gull (Larus ridibundus); Cinnalepeta pulchella (species of spiral-shelled gastropod)
taste; elegance; scenic beauty
to be affected; to put on airs; to act like (something one isn't); to pretend to be
to bend many times; to turn and twist; to zigzag
ship; boat; tank; tub; counter for boat-shaped containers (e.g. of sashimi)
raft; forearm protector; skewered baby-eel kabayaki
flight (e.g. airline flight); trip (e.g. train trip); mail; post; opportunity; chance
to proceed in a logical manner; to go through the proper channels
proper use; using (different things) for different purposes
symptomatic therapy; makeshift solution
to be biased; to be prejudiced; to be partial; to be one-sided
cure-all; panacea; heal-all
sticking to (an opinion, theory, belief, etc.); clinging to; adherence; persistence; insistence
plaster; patch; ointment; liniment
to see someone off (at a station, an airport, etc.); to escort (e.g. home); to follow something with one's eyes until it is out of sight; to let pass; to pass up (an opportunity etc.); to shelve (a plan, deliberation on a bill, etc.); to postpone
course (of events); development; progress; market order; order without limit
to go to extremes; to go to excess; to go too far
reception; acceptance; enjoyment; being given
ending; conclusion; join; union; knot; knotting
confused; jumbled; disorderly
messy; untidy; disorderly; higgledy-piggledy
source; origin; cause; beginning; genesis
texture (e.g. skin, fabric); grain (e.g. wood); detail
the other day; lately; recently; meanwhile; in the meantime
injustice; impropriety; unreasonableness; undeserved; unfair; invalid
to repel; to drive away; to repulse; to reject
middle of the road; centrism; the middle (of what one is doing); half-way; middle way; middle path
kind; cordial; hospitable; serious (of an illness)
careful; cautious; prudent; discreet; deliberate
certainly; surely; definitely
depression; low spirits; dejection
to step forward; to step forth; to advance; to start; to embark on; to set forth on
great teacher (i.e. a buddha, bodhisattva or high monk, esp. Kobo Daishi)
left-hand radical of a character
fifth court rank; black-crowned night heron (Nycticorax nycticorax); night heron; five ranks; five stages
vocabulary; lexicon; lexis; terminology
area; vicinity; side; edge; circumstances
everything; every affair (matter); all things