pattern; design; body build; figure; essential qualities; character
painful; sore; cringy; embarrassing; exceeding
to bend; to curve; to turn; to be awry; to be askew
(historical) investigation
written work (esp. a bound text, as opposed to a scroll); a text written entirely in kana; graphic novel (esp. one created between the 12th and 19th centuries); notebook (for practicing kana, drawing pictures, etc.); rough draft
step; stair; grade; rank; counter for breaks in written language (or speech, etc.); dan
key; lock; key (to a problem); clue
hinoki cypress (Chamaecyparis obtusa); Japanese cypress
string; cord; man who is financially dependent on a woman; gigolo; restrictions; conditions
vine; bine; bow; temple arm; connections; contacts
hoop (of a barrel, bucket, etc.)
tail (animal, kite, comet, etc.); tail end; slope at the foot of a mountain
winding; meandering; zigzagging; zig-zag; in twists and turns; sinuously
to name; to call; to christen; to term
ladle; tadpole; musical note
(a) little; somewhat; somehow
sweet rice jelly; Edo-period herbal medicine (used as an antitussive and a breath freshener)
speech; words; one's lines; remarks
joint; knuckle; tune; melody; knot (in wood); node in a bamboo stem
to hand over; to transfer; to give up (e.g. one's seat); to give way; to yield; to concede
good; OK; all right; fine; very well; will do
merits (of a case); right or wrong
taking (something) seriously
honorific affix; honorific prefix
collection; recovery; withdrawal; retrieval
contortion; distortion; warp; kink (in one's character); twist
remaining bony parts (of a fish after filleting); flaw (esp. of a person); fault; rice chaff; rough; crude
due form; official; formality
nori; laver; edible seaweed, usu. Porphyra yezoensis or P. tenera, usu. dried and pressed into sheets
traces of a predecessor's deeds; precedent
to escape from; to get out
to be contrary to; to be inconsistent with; to act contrary to (rules or guidelines); to violate; to oppose; to rebel