level; standard; water level
money order; draft; exchange (e.g. foreign)
settlement; payment of account
use; application; employment; utilization; utilisation
invention; intelligent; clever; (arch.) making sense (of something); (arch.) understanding
manufacturing method; recipe; formula
saltpeter; saltpetre; niter; nitre; potassium nitrate
to lead; to take the lead (in doing something); to precede; to go before; to die before (esp. one's spouse, parents, etc.); to be a prerequisite
Song dynasty (China, 960-1279); Sung dynasty
past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)
postcard; memo; note; card
puffer fish; blow fish; fugu; globefish; swellfish
(secret) date; clandestine meeting; assignation; tryst; rendezvous
to gaze at; to fix one's eyes upon
lowborn; humble; vulgar; coarse; shabby; greedy
taste; palate; sense of taste
to excite; to incite; to stimulate; to arouse; to tempt; to stir up
aka-e; late 19th century woodblock prints, using imported aniline dyes; red painting on ceramics
to expect; to hope for; to look forward to; to resolve (to do); to decide upon; to prepare for
tree peony (Paeonia suffruticosa); moutan; wild boar (meat)
plane; sharpen; whittle; pare; shave (leather); scrape off
piece of meat; cut of meat
ripple (on water); wavelets; ripple (e.g. of uneasiness); unrest; disturbance
to destroy; to demolish; to disturb; to put into disorder; to relax (one's pose); to make oneself at ease; to break (a bill)
geothermal energy; terrestrial heat
physiological phenomenon; physiological response
always; constantly; constancy; eternity; permanent residence
moustache; beard; whiskers (on a cat, etc.); feelers (on an insect, etc.); shadow (on a candlestick chart)
hot sake with grilled fish fins (esp. fugu or sea bream)
dew; tears; (not) a bit; (not) at all
to wet; to moisten; to dampen; to soak; to dip
heart-to-heart communication; thought transference; (lit.) holding a flower and subtly smiling
implication; hidden meaning; latitude; atmosphere; tone; sentiment