squares and circles; square and round shapes
to lift up; to hold up; to give; to offer; to devote; to sacrifice
food; food products; foodstuffs
due form; official; formality
food offering to the gods; prepared food
purpose; goal; aim; objective; intention
pains; hard work; effort; trouble; labour; labor
kagami mochi; New Year offering consisting of two mochi stacked on each other with a bitter orange on top, cut and eaten on January 11
captive; prisoner; victim (of love, etc.); slave (to one's lust, etc.)
luster and color; lustre and colour
ability; capability; skill
not quite (right); not very good; somewhat (lacking)
step; stair; grade; rank; counter for breaks in written language (or speech, etc.); dan
shall ...; to assume; to suppose
common; shared; to be common (to); to be shared (by); -wide
at a glance; at first sight
to wash clean; to cleanse
polished rice; (uncooked) white rice
the vertical; height; front-to-back; length; north-to-south; vertical (relationship)
shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext
skillful; adroit; craft; craftsmanship; plot; scheme
mirror; looking-glass; barrel head; page added at the beginning of a document mentioning its purpose, date, author, etc.; mirror-shaped mochi
to be completed; to be finished; to be ready (e.g. to serve or eat); to be very drunk
prosperity and decay; prosperity and decline; rise and fall; ups and downs; ebb and flow; waxing and waning
to become blunt; to grow dull; to become less capable; to weaken; to falter
great; excellent; very troublesome; awful; tiring; tough
to be full; to wax (e.g. moon); to rise (e.g. tide); to mature; to expire
consciousness; becoming aware (of); awareness; mano-vijnana (mental consciousness, cognizer of sensory information)
nothing; nil; naught; nought
to be on the verge; to be on the brink; to get close
sowing seeds; planting seeds; scattering seeds
on the way back; returning
credit; money owed on an account; bill; hot noodles in broth; proportion (of wholesale price, as tenths of list price); in the midst of; rest
to borrow; to have a loan; to rent; to hire
cooking, esp. frying or stir-frying; heating; tempering; -ware
to burn; to roast; to broil; to heat; to heat up; to make (charcoal, pottery, bricks, etc.); to bake
to seize; to catch; to obtain; to acquire; to understand; to grasp
to ingest; to eat; to enter the mouth; to be able to eat
caution; admonition; prohibition; ban; punishment; (arch.) caution
purpose for which money is spent; the way money is spent; how goods are used