state (US, Australia, India, Germany, etc.); province (e.g. Canada); continent; (arch.) dear
slip; omission; upshot; denouement; punch line (of a joke)
vine; bine; bow; temple arm; connections; contacts
prison; jail; gaol; firm; solid; strong
number of days; period of days; daily interest rate
white sandbar; white sandbank; area in a garden or entrance of a house laid with white sand or pebbles; gravel separating a noh stage from the audience; (arch.) court of law in the Edo period, in which the parties sat on white sand
to summon; to call (e.g. phone); to convene; to invoke (e.g. subroutine); to call; to open (e.g. a file)
slight movement; slight tremor; quiver
to make fun of; to look down on; to make light of
the West; the Occident; Western countries
faith; belief; piety; devotion; godliness
to disappear; to vanish; to go; to leave; to die
carefully; thoroughly; fully; deliberately
to reconsider; to rethink; to reassess
to tear off; to strip; to rob
skin; body (in the context of intimate bodily contact); surface; grain (e.g. of wood); disposition; temperament
one's line of sight; one's gaze; one's eyes (looking); glance; gaze; look
mark; target; object; subject; point (e.g. of argument)
to hang; to droop; to give (e.g. lesson, instruction, scolding) (to someone of lower status); to confer; to drip; to ooze; to leave behind (at death)
to scratch; to perspire; to shovel; to paddle
to finger; to roll between the thumb and the fingers
stubborn; obstinate; pigheaded
to shake one's head (in denial)
north wind; northerly wind
irritating; troublesome; gloomy (e.g. mood); depressing; heavy (weather); cloudy
sleet; daikon shavings; grated daikon; shaved ice topped with honey
heavy snow; "major snow" solar term (approx. Dec. 7)
white-coloured skin; vitiligo; leucoderma; leukoderma
base of the tongue; root of the tongue
to fly around; to scatter
unearthly; otherworldly; out of this world; ethereal
shivering (with cold); trembling (with fear); shuddering
just past noon; afternoon
sticky; syrupy; weakly (of a flame); gently (e.g. boil); dozing off; napping
to ask; to inquire; to blame (someone) for; to accuse of; to care about; to regard as important
to emit a voice; to emit a sound; to be able to speak
the same; the said; likewise
imprisonment; captive; prisoner
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
heaven and earth; the universe; top and bottom; gods of heaven and earth
cloth dyed in a dappled pattern; pattern of white spots; dapples; mochi containing red bean paste; (arch.) fawn