keenly; deeply; calmly; quietly; fixedly (e.g. gazing, staring)
to be ruined (reduced to poverty); to fall low; to go under; to come to ruin
pillow; bolster; introduction (e.g. to a rakugo story); lead-in
to talk about; to speak of; to recite; to chant; to indicate; to show
your home; your family; their home; (my) home
shoji (paper sliding door)
engawa; external corridor on the outer side of traditional Japanese houses; bone at the base of a fin; meat at the base of a fin (esp. of a flatfish)
tree peony (Paeonia suffruticosa); moutan; wild boar (meat)
guest; visitor; customer; client; shopper
tea (usu. green); tea break (at work); tea ceremony
adzuki bean-covered mochi; botamochi
delicious; tasty; sweet; attractive; appealing; convenient
advantage; benefit; profit; interest
diligently; seriously; perfectly; properly; sufficiently; satisfactorily
to rank with; to rank among
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
quarrel; brawl; fight; squabble; scuffle; argument
sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course
to sleep; to die; to rest (in peace); to lie idle (e.g. of resources); to lie unused; (arch.) to close one's eyes
to feel around for; to fumble for; to investigate; to probe into; to explore (parts unknown); to enjoy (natural beauty)
junk; rubbish; trash; garbage; odds and ends
to begin; to set about; to start
to pile up; to accumulate; to estimate
to dig up; to unearth; to uncover
to sieve; to sift; to winnow; to screen (candidates)
wheat field; barley field; cornfield
wounded person; injured person
to make (good) progress; to move right ahead (with the work); to advance
sieve; sifter; screen; screening (jobs, candidates, etc.)
to shake; to jolt; to shake (e.g. the political world); to disturb; to put off a batter (by varying one's type of pitch)
while; during (the time when)
to take in one's hand; to pick up; to obtain
sash clip (fastener); ornament worn over an obi
cloth; bujian (spade-shaped bronze coin of ancient China)
politics; government; peace; (arch.) medical treatment; (arch.) cure
counter for people (usu. seating, reservations and such); first name; famous; great; name; noun
to become coarse (e.g. of a texture); to turn rough; to turn gritty; to become sandy
learned society; scientific society; academy; academic meeting; academic conference
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to
place in the shade of a mountain; shelter of the mountains; mountain recess