to adopt (method, proposal, etc.); to take (measure, course of action, etc.); to pick (e.g. flowers); to gather (e.g. mushrooms); to extract (e.g. juice); to take (e.g. a sample); to assume (an attitude)
to return; to come home; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate
identical; same; one and the same; fair; equal treatment; without discrimination
site; point on a map; spot
to strike (gold, oil, etc.); to find (e.g. buried treasure); to dig up
honest; frank; candid; honestly; frankly
criticism; critique; review; commentary
beyond expectation; contrary to expectations; unexpectedly
various; a variety of; all kinds of; many; diverse
idea; notion; sense (e.g. of duty); resignation; preparedness; observation and contemplation
domination; rule; direction; management; control (e.g. over one's emotions); determining (e.g. one's fate)
gentle spring rain; thin noodles made from bean starch (or potato starch)
paulownia (Paulownia tomentosa); empress tree; foxglove tree
sprout; shoot; bud; germinal disk (in an egg)
end; finish; bounds; limits; delivery date (of a futures contract); finale (of a noh song); end of an act (in jōruri or kabuki)
cut end; edge (of a page, etc.); small amount; small quantity; beginning; clue
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
friendship; friendly relations; connection; relation; intimacy
stock; share; stump; (clump of) roots; plant with attached roots or stem; strain (of bacteria, etc.); stock company
to blow (of the wind); to blow (one's breath); to breathe out; to play (a wind instrument); to blow (a whistle, trumpet, etc.); to emit (smoke, fire, etc.); to spout
energy; military strength
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.)
grade of wood; quality of wood; cut end (of a piece of wood)
to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to be filled with (emotion, enthusiasm, etc.); to fill the room (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be muffled (e.g. voice); to hold (a castle, fortress, etc.)
leaf bud; bud of Japanese pepper tree (Xanthoxylum piperitum)
occasion; time; section (of a literary work); paragraph; season; term; principle
raw; uncooked; natural; as it is; unprotected (sex); live (i.e. not recorded); inexperienced
garden; yard; courtyard; field (of action); area
Chinese parasol-tree (Firmiana simplex); Chinese-bottletree; Japanese varnishtree; phoenix-tree
Chinese parasol-tree (Firmiana simplex); Chinese-bottletree; Japanese varnishtree; phoenix-tree
to be late; to be delayed; to fall behind (in a race, one's studies, etc.); to lag behind; to be bereaved of; to be preceded by (someone) in death
state; condition; the way things should be; ideal state; truth
book; volume; this; present; main; head
rain; rainy day; rainy weather; the November suit (in hanafuda)
green pheasant (Phasianus versicolor); Japanese pheasant
cloth; fabric; dough; batter; inherent quality; one's true character; unglazed pottery
teahouse; (Edo period) rest stop; (geisha) teahouse; establishment where patrons are entertained by geisha; tea house (that sells tea); tea dealer
to shake; to jolt; to rock (cradle); to swing
grass used for thatching; sedge used for thatching