environment; circumstance
race; tribe; species; genus; stellar population (i.e. population I, II and III)
at hand; on hand; way of moving one's arms; skill; money at hand; pocket money
sidelong glance; short grain (paper)
Japanese person; Japanese people
innocence; insentient (i.e. plants, inanimate objects, etc.); free from obstructive thoughts; to pester someone (for cash, etc.)
to become attached (to); to take (to); to become affectionate (with); to be tamed
consent; assent; understanding; agreement; comprehension; grasp
fetching balls (tennis, baseball, etc.); ball boy
affliction; hardship; difficulty; suffering; trouble
state of mind; mentality; psychology
laziness; shirking; impudent; brazenly dishonest
cunning; crafty; wily; sly
wicked person; evil person; scoundrel; bad thing; mischief
deep (colour); dark; strong (flavour, smell, etc.); thick (consistency); dense; strong (possibility, etc.)
to profit; to benefit from; to take advantage of; to make good use of
individual; one by one; separate; each
starting point; point of departure
after all; because; but; even; too; as well
condition; term; requirement; qualification; prerequisite
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
rate; ratio; profit; assignment; 10%; unit of ten percent; match
history; pedigree; lineage
work, items, etc. carried over from earlier; hangover; what you ate the day before (and is still being digested)
taikō (esp. Toyotomi Hideyoshi); title for a regent, later for the grand chancellor, also for the father of an Imperial adviser (advisor) who passed the role to his son
Napoleon; napoleon (Japanese card game)
crow cawing on New Year's Day
such; like that; in that way
evil; wickedness; (role of) the villain (in theatre, etc.); the bad guy
(facial) expression (esp. fierce, fearless, sinister, etc.); look
toad (esp. the Japanese toad, Bufo japonicus)
completely; absolutely; totally; (not) at all
almanac of seasonal words (for haiku poets)
admiration; praise; prizing; appreciation
home delivery (of food); outside catering
early spring; beginning of spring; first month of the lunar calendar
natural features; scenery; a premium; gift
banzai; hurray; something to cheer about; something worthy of celebration; giving up; throwing one's hands up