bad; wrong; must not (do, be); should not; useless; no good; hopeless
flushing (of one's cheeks); dizziness; rush of blood to the head
to push (something) against
pink (colour, color); peach
little finger; pinky; fourth (occ. fifth) finger; little toe
lovely; sweet; pretty; cute; adorable
annotation; explanatory note; comment
to hold (in one's hand); to take (into one's hand); to own; to obtain
easy; simple; ready; casual; off-hand; easy-going
soggy; soaked; crushed (out of shape); crumpled; messy; untidy
to make round; to roll up; to seduce; to cajole; to round off (a fraction); to shave (one's head)
lovely; wonderful; charming; enchanting; nice; great
pure white; blank (e.g. mind, paper)
smooth (skin, stone, etc.); sleek; velvety; silky
fondly; admiringly; with fascination; with adoration; with enchantment
hoop (of a barrel, bucket, etc.); discipline; solidarity
restraining (someone); restraint
both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold
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)
to hang one's head; to look down; to cast one's eyes downward
bath; bathing; bathhouse; public bath; room for drying lacquerware; base (wooden joint connecting the blade of a hoe, spade, etc., to the handle)
to wash; to cleanse; to inquire into; to investigate; to purify (one's heart); to lave (e.g. shore)
to get blurred; to get hoarse; to get husky; to graze; to scrape
brazen (esp. of a woman's behavior); bold; rough; violent; person who eats or entertains without paying; freeloading sightseer
house of parliament (congress, diet, etc.); graduate school; postgraduate school; institution (often medical); institutional building; sub-temple; minor temple building
garden; yard; courtyard; field (of action); area
astounding; tremendous; wild; crazy; exorbitant; outrageous
ward office; council (regional)
katsura (Cercidiphyllum japonicum); Japanese Judas tree
imperial villa; royal villa; detached palace
stroll garden with a central pond; large garden best enjoyed by walking around it
to enclose; to surround; to shelter (e.g. a criminal); to shield; to keep (e.g. a mistress); to store (vegetables, fruit, etc.)
rendezvous (with a romantic partner); date; rendezvous (of two spacecraft)
to stub out (e.g. a cigarette); to crush out; to smother (fire); to hush up; to cover up; to stifle
to do with enthusiasm; to be excited to do; to throw oneself into
Edo (shogunate capital; former name of Tokyo); Yedo
(phonograph) record; record (esp. in sports); record (data structure)
quacking; cackling; loudly (snore, complain, argue, etc.); noisily; with a buzzing sound (e.g. speaker); with a crackling sound