plain-woven silk cloth produced on Hachijo Island (sometimes striped)
precipice; cliff; flat head
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
crack; slit; crevasse; crevice
to entrust (someone) with; to leave (a matter) with someone; to have someone deliver (a message, parcel, etc.); to send (through someone); to use (something) to express (one's feelings, opinion, etc.); to express in the form of (something)
department; section; course (of study); branch of study; (taxonomical) family
tuft (of hair, threads, etc.); fringe; bunch (of grapes, bananas, etc.); cluster (of flowers); segment (of a tangerine, etc.); section
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
custom; practice; said; aforementioned; instance; example
metre; meter; meter; gauge
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
length and width; length and breadth; four cardinal points; every direction; as one wishes; as one pleases
fold; pleat; folds (e.g. of a mountain); crease; (hidden) detail; nuance
to keep; to preserve; to hold; to last; to endure; to keep well (food)
wall; partition; barrier; obstacle; Chinese "Wall" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
coming out; going out; attending (work); appearing (on stage); start; beginning; origins
height; stature; length (esp. of clothing); all (one has); everything; magnificence (of a waka poem, etc.)
first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
not exceeding; and downward; below (e.g. standard); under (e.g. a level); the below-mentioned; the following
pot; jar; dice cup; depression; basin (e.g. of a waterfall); aim; what one wants
(cannot) possibly; (not) by any means; (not) at all; utterly; absolutely
other; another; over; more than; I; me
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
being full; (counting) completed years (e.g. when calculating age); full (years, months, etc.); Manchuria
to incline; to lean; to devote oneself to; to concentrate on; to ruin; to squander
to use up; to exhaust; to devote oneself (to); to do one's utmost (for); to do to exhaustion; to do completely
once; one time; temporarily; for a moment; one degree; one tone
to fire (gun, arrow, questions, etc.); to shoot; to set free; to release; to emit (e.g. light); to give off (e.g. a scent)
dot; point; polka dots; pixel
to surge; to well up; to gush out
to jump up; to spring up; to move around; to bounce up and down; to pound (of one's heart, e.g. with excitement); to throb
spreading out like an open fan; becoming prosperous; folding fan; ceremonial folding fan
tap-tap; knock-knock; cough-cough; bark (of a fox); yelp; heavily (e.g. of snow falling)