kappa; mythical water-dwelling creature; excellent swimmer; cucumber; cucumber sushi wrapped in nori (seaweed)
to put on (coat, gown, etc.)
to ask a question; to begin to ask a question
behavior; behaviour; manner; attitude; bearing
to take part in; to be a party to; to side with; to support; to agree with
sentence; verdict; pronouncement
to admire a person's courage; to approve of someone's ambition
resignation (from a position)
(pair of) wooden doors in the interior of a home; door to a pavilion in a Heian period palace
follower; attendant; valet; servant
to freeze; to be frozen over; to congeal
to make a sound; to give off a sound; to hear a sound
Ming dynasty (China, 1368-1644)
kind; sort; type; similar example; parallel; the like
to aggravate; to complicate; to make worse
dark; dull; unsatisfactory; dissatisfying; unattractive; unappealing
group; (free) radical; counter for installed or mounted objects (e.g. stone lanterns, gravestones, satellites)
underground; below the ground; world of the dead; the grave; underground (activities, movement, etc.); secret
long sword (esp. the tachi, worn on the hip edge down by samurai); large sword; straight single-edged Japanese sword (from the mid-Heian period or earlier)
cotton plant (Gossypium spp.); batting; wadding; padding
silver (Ag); silver coin; money; silver medal; silver colour; silver color; bank
senior envoy; chief delegate
catalogue; catalog; inventory; certificate indicating an impending gift
leaving one's seat (before an event is over); excusing oneself (from a meeting, conversation, etc.)
fixed date; appointed day
investment; contribution; financing
household economy; housekeeping; homemaking
alternation; change; relief; relay; shift; substitution (sports, etc.)
reward; honorarium; remuneration
getting closer; drawing nearer; being not much different; being near (age, skill, etc.); becoming close (i.e. friendly); becoming intimate
disaster; calamity; misfortune
to shine; to glitter; to sparkle
to shove to one side; to look at out of the corner of one's eyes
deer (esp. the sika deer, Cervus nippon); cervid
to hunt (animals); to search (for a criminal); to go looking for (flowers, etc.); to gather (mushrooms)
painful; sore; cringy; embarrassing; exceeding
to shoot (arrow, bolt, dart)