congratulation; congratulations; celebration; congratulatory gift; present
to mince; to cut fine; to carve; to engrave; to tick away (time); to beat out (e.g. rhythm); to etch (into one's mind)
happiness; good fortune; luck; blessing
unprofitable; disadvantageous; not worth it
dissolution; dissolving; solution (e.g. chemical); melting; liquefying; fusion
fashion; fad; vogue; prevalence (e.g. of a disease)
ore; unprocessed metal; ground metal; (one's) true character
good quality; fine quality; superior quality; high quality
(apparently) that's what it's like, isn't it
joint; knuckle; tune; melody; knot (in wood); node in a bamboo stem
eager; earnest; ardent; OFF (on switch)
daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)
type of cleromancy divination (described in the Book of Changes) performed with long sticks; The Book of Changes; Yijing; I Ching
munching; crunching; scratching (an itch)
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
wisdom; jnana (higher knowledge)
giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis); qilin (Chinese unicorn)
weird; odd; bizarre; curious
another person; other people; unrelated person (i.e. not related by blood); outsider; stranger
bachelorhood; single; unmarried; celibate
vocation; lifework; sacred task (esp. the emperor's rule over the nation); prostitute of the second-highest class (Edo period)
to succeed in doing; to manage to do; to finish doing
I see; that's right; indeed
step; stair; grade; rank; counter for breaks in written language (or speech, etc.); dan
(arch.) office; (arch.) official; chief; head; (Yaeyama Islands in Okinawa) person (usually a woman) whose duty it is to officiate at religions ceremonies
loveable; very likeable; like very much
reward; recompense; tip; conveyance charge; packhorse charge
frequency; number of times; incidence; degree (e.g. temperature); strength (e.g. alcohol, lens, etc.)
he; she; that person; (arch.) you
truth; reality; truly; really; absolute truth
blue; azure; green; pale; gray; unripe
(arch.) clearly; (arch.) brightly; cleanly; purely
rain; rainy day; rainy weather; the November suit (in hanafuda)
to fall (of rain, snow, ash, etc.); to come down; to form (of frost); to beam down (of sunlight or moonlight); to pour in; to visit (of luck, misfortune, etc.)
study; library; den; home office; reading room
mixture of ingredients (originally five); mixture of minced vegetables, fish, and meat, mixed in a starch (rice, noodles); gomoku (game); five in a row
to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)