to be boiled; to be cooked
to boil (something in hot water); to treat with medicinal steam (a swelling, etc.)
soft; tender; gentle; mild; informal; light
to mix; to blend; to combine
double; twice (as much); twofold
Japanese yam (Dioscorea japonica)
smell (esp. a good smell); fragrance; scent; aroma; perfume
installation; mounting; furnishing; run (on a bank); bank run
T-shaped wooden bell hammer
both ends; either end; both edges; double-mindedness; sitting on the fence
to clasp; to grasp; to hold (the answer); to have (e.g. the solution); to seize (power); to hold (the reins)
the vertical; height; front-to-back; length; north-to-south; vertical (relationship)
hand; arm; handwriting; penmanship; 'shake' (command to have a dog place its paw in your hand)
old Kanto-area folk songs
crack; fissure; rift; split; chaps; skin fissure
aborted, stillborn or miscarried foetus (fetus); (arch.) newborn baby
frame; framework; border; box; limit; restriction; category
to bite; to chew; to gnaw; to fumble one's words (esp. during a play, broadcast, etc.); to falter with one's words; to crash against (e.g. of waves); to break onto (shore)
idiot; moron; trivial matter; folly; stupid; foolish
denotes uncertainty; such things as A and B; A and B and so on; A and B and the like
shell; husk; hull; pod; chaff
birth; giving birth; creating; bringing into the world
craftsman; artisan; tradesman; worker; workman
wide sense (e.g. of a word); broad sense
to take to; to let one's heart go out to
administrator; janitor; manager; custodian; executor
police officer; policeman; constable
senior; elder; person older than oneself
yo!; hello there!; wow!; oh!; yah! (yell)
rash; thoughtless; imprudent; careless; frivolous
to use up; to exhaust; to devote oneself (to); to do one's utmost (for); to do to exhaustion; to do completely
one's elders or superiors
series; sequence; keiretsu (group); conglomeration of businesses linked by cross-shareholdings; affiliated; subsidiary
folk beliefs; folk religion
departed spirit; soul of the dead; ghost; apparition
system of having one actual grave for the body and a separate one for the soul
to be affected; to be influenced; to be concerned with; to have to do with; to stick to (opinions)