balloon (esp. small, toy variety); airship; blimp
the seven treasures (gold, silver, pearls, agate, crystal, coral, lapis lazuli); cloisonne ware; shippō pattern (of overlapping circles); shippō emblem
imbecility; feeblemindedness; dark
up through; up until; down to; from ... to ... (e.g. from head to toe); everything from ... to ...
clapping and cheering; applause
reaching; attaining; arrival
stormy weather (at sea); poor catch of fish (due to stormy seas); poor turn-out; recession
warehouse; storehouse; cellar; magazine; granary; godown
indicates two contrasting actions; (arch.) indicates possessive (often found in place names and compound words)
style; manner; way; after (period of time) again (e.g. meeting again after a year); for the first time in (period of time)
wetting; love affair; lover
mouse; rat; dark gray; dark grey; slate (color, colour)
ivy (esp. Boston ivy, Parthenocissus tricuspidata)
one shō (approx. 1.8 litres)
one-hundredth; 0.3 mm (one-hundredth of a sun); 0.1 percent (one-hundredth of a wari); rin (monetary unit; 0.001 yen)
kusaya; brined, sun-dried fish (usu. mackerel scad) which has a very pungent smell
one long cylindrical thing; one film, TV show, etc.; one version; one book; a certain book; ippon; one point
ginger (Zingiber officinale)
field of vision; view; one's outlook (e.g. on life); one's horizons
red; crimson; red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange); Red (i.e. communist); red light (traffic); red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading); (in) the red
nori; laver; edible seaweed, usu. Porphyra yezoensis or P. tenera, usu. dried and pressed into sheets
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
covering; filled in; complete; total; cliched; clichéd; plaintext
Satsuma (former province located in the west of present-day Kagoshima Prefecture); sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas)
Satsuma (former province located in the west of present-day Kagoshima Prefecture); sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas)
to raise; to elevate; to do up (one's hair); to fly (a kite, etc.); to launch (fireworks, etc.); to land (a boat); to deep-fry
and; moreover; besides; as well as; and on top of that; at the same time
shiokara; paste made from salted fermented seafood (squid, fish entrails, etc.)
hot water; hot bath; hot spring; molten iron
to boil; to seethe; to roil (e.g. waterfall, torrent); to foam; to well up (of emotions); to overflow (e.g. fighting spirit)
hungry ghost (preta) realm
brat; kid; urchin; preta; hungry ghost
we; us; (arch.) I; (arch.) me; (arch.) you (referring to a group of one's equals or inferiors)
to blow harder and harder
storm; tempest; uproar; hullabaloo; storm (e.g. of protest)
to hit (e.g. one's head); to strike; to throw (e.g. a ball, a question, a demand); to express; to vent (e.g. one's anger)