assistance; help; helper; babe; chick; broad
whispering into a person's ear
announcement; presentation; demonstration; displaying; showing; introducing
to spill; to fall out of; to peek through; to become visible (although normally not); to escape (of a smile, tear, etc.)
drawing room; study; publishing house; writing alcove
to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
shoe; shoes; boots; footwear; footgear
to peel; to skin; to pare; to hull; to bare (e.g. fangs); to open wide (e.g. eyes)
denotes uncertainty; such things as A and B; A and B and so on; A and B and the like
rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk
finally; after; following; at the end (of)
cleaning; clean-up; garbage collection; scavenging
having a wife; marrying (a woman); marriage
sudden; abrupt; unexpected; unforeseen
to ask; to enquire; to inquire; to search; to look for; to look into
to be flustered; to lose one's presence of mind
sensation; feeling; tendency; propensity
wife; (arch.) my dear; (arch.) dear; garnish (esp. one served with sashimi); embellishment
wasteful; a waste; too good; more than one deserves; impious; profane
celebratory drink; celebratory spirits; holiday cheer
tune; tone; vein; mood; condition; state of health
the Three Jewels; the Triple Gem; Triratna; the Three Treasures; Buddha, Dharma, Sangha; Buddha, the teachings of Buddha, and the community of monks and nuns
to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)
kombu (usu. Saccharina japonica); konbu; kelp; any edible species from the family Laminariaceae
Mino (former province located in the south of present-day Gifu Prefecture)
kaki; Japanese persimmon (Diospyros kaki)
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
to come off; to be removed; to disappear (of pain, a fever, etc.); to be caught; to be harvested; to be interpreted (as); to be taken (as)
main question; real issue at hand
face; honour; honor; appearance; look
question (e.g. on a test); problem; problem (e.g. societal, political); question; question (i.e. doubt); public discussion
bounds; limits; boundary fence (esp. of horse-riding ground)
old name for part of Hyogo prefecture
late autumn (fall); (arch.) ninth month of the lunar calendar
order; ordering; beginning; start; foreword; preface
war; battle; match; game; competition
drying up; running dry; running out; being exhausted; being drained