(husked grains of) rice; staple (product, etc.); necessity
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
rice plant (Oryza sativa)
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage
to twine (fibers to make rope); to twist
while; during; while; although; all; both
food; foodstuff; eating; appetite; meal; portion
grain; bead; drop; counter for small round objects including grains, seeds, pills, drops
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
year by year; annually; every year; from year to year
one's background; one's history; one's circumstances; one's merit; asset; strong point
to incline toward; to slant; to lurch; to go down (sun); to wane; to sink
same; identical; equal; anyway; anyhow; in either case
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
Metropolis (of Tokyo); (Tokyo) Metropolitan District; counter for cities and towns; capital
little girl; maiden; young lady; (arch.) female between 17 and 20 years old (ritsuryo period)
light; well-lit; bright (of a colour); brightly-coloured; cheerful; bright; encouraging (for the future of a project, etc.)
under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (somebody's) side
showy; brilliant; gorgeous; florid; gay
playing cards; mahjong tiles made of animal bone
karuta; traditional Japanese playing cards
to cut; to cut through; to sever (connections, ties); to turn off (e.g. the light); to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to punch (a ticket)
daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)
to hit; to strike; to strike (noon, etc.); to sound (cymbals, etc.); to beat (rhythmically, e.g. pulse, waves, etc.); to move; to impress
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
therefore; thus; well, then ...; that's right; indeed; (arch.) ... on earth?
fluff; fuzz; nap; hachures; hatching
crack; fissure; rift; split; chaps; skin fissure
hand; arm; forepaw; foreleg; handle; hand; worker
aborted, stillborn or miscarried foetus (fetus); (arch.) newborn baby
frame; framework; border; box; limit; restriction; category
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
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)
Man'yōshū (8th century anthology of Japanese poetry)
roll (e.g. of cloth); winding (e.g. watch); volume (of book); speeding up; heel (of a Japanese sandal)