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adult; grown-up
obedient; docile; quiet
to grow up; to become an adult
to look (sound, behave) grown-up; to be adult-like; to mature
big snake; serpent
grown-up (manner, etc.); mature; adult
immature; childish
big; large; great
(an) adult their age (should, should not, etc.); grown man (woman); person who is old enough (to know better)
grown man; grown woman; grown-up person; sensible person
pretext for not revealing something (e.g. actual reason for one's failure, vested interest, etc.)
august (in ref. to the emperor or the gods); imperial; divine
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
handling things like an adult; behaving like a mature grown-up
for use by adults; for adults
adultness; maturity
to act like a grown up; to pretend to be an adult
buying a large amount (esp. of collectible items aimed at kids, such as manga)
professional sumo wrestling
woman peddler in Kyoto from Ohara (typically with a bundle of sticks, etc. on her head)
large saw; framed pit saw
gentle; quiet; demure; sober; mild-mannered; meek
to grow up; to become adult; to start behaving like an adult
Okuninushi; deity of magic and medicine later viewed as equivalent to Daikokuten and celebrated at Izumo Grand Shrine
minister (of government); noble; (arch.) nobleman's residence
adult-cute; grown-up but girlish; fashion style of adult women characterized by makeup and clothing that subtly emphasizes cuteness
director of the dazaifu (ritsuryo system)
adult toy shop (i.e. a sex shop)
daikon, etc. trimmings, usu. added to rice
Bureau of the Imperial Palace Kitchens (under the ritsuryo system)
eight-headed, eight-tailed serpent (in Japanese mythology)
plantain (esp. Asian plantain, Plantago asiatica)
honorific or polite prefix
precocious; unchildlike; early-blooming
lace monitor (Varanus varius, species of carnivorous monitor lizard found in eastern Australia); lace goanna
ginkgo-leaf top-knot worn by makuuchi and juryo division wrestlers
water monitor (Varanus salvator, species of carnivorous monitor lizard common from Sri Lanka in the west to the Philippines in the east); common water monitor
Komodo dragon (Varanus komodoensis)
meekly; obediently; submissively; quietly; like a lamb
halibut (esp. the Pacific halibut, Hippoglossus stenolepis)
Indian flying fox (Pteropus giganteus); greater Indian fruit bat
quince monitor (Varanus melinus, species of carnivorous monitor lizard native to Indonesia); yellow-head monitor
Chinese violet cress (Orychophragmus violaceus)
Daito flying fox (Pteropus dasymallus daitoensis)
savanna monitor (Varanus exanthematicus, species of carnivorous monitor lizard native to sub-Saharan Africa); Bosc's monitor
black tree monitor (Varanus beccarii, species of monitor lizard from the Aru Islands of eastern Indonesia); Beccari's monitor
Ryukyu flying fox (Pteropus dasymallus); Ryukyu fruit bat
Bonin flying fox (Pteropus pselaphon)
crocodile monitor (Varanus salvadorii, species of carnivorous monitor lizard found in New Guinea); Salvadori's monitor; Papua monitor; artellia
emerald tree monitor (Varanus prasinus, species of arboreal carnivorous monitor lizard found from New Guinea to Queensland, Australia); green tree monitor
black-headed monitor (Varanus tristis, small species of carnivorous monitor lizard native to Australia); freckled monitor
ridge-tailed monitor (Varanus acanthurus, species of monitor lizard found throughout the arid northern regions of Australia); spiny-tailed monitor
Nile monitor (Varanus niloticus, species of carnivorous monitor lizard native to sub-Saharan Africa); water leguaan
Okinawa flying fox (Pteropus loochoensis)