kombu (usu. Saccharina japonica); konbu; kelp; any edible species from the family Laminariaceae
Japanese apricot (Prunus mume); Japanese plum; ume; lowest (of a three-tier ranking system)
salmon (Salmonidae spp.); chum salmon (Oncorhynchus keta)
onigiri; rice ball (often triangular, sometimes with a filling and wrapped in nori)
favorable reception; good reputation; popularity
no!; no no!; no, not at all
house; plastic greenhouse; house music; go to your kennel (cage, bed, etc.)!
average; mean; balance; equilibrium
to touch; to feel; to touch (with); to experience; to come in contact with; to touch on (a subject); to allude to
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
this; our; the ... in question; right; justice; fairness
to ascertain; to check; to make sure
just barely; only just; at the very limit; at the last moment
flow (of a fluid or gas); stream; flow (of people, things); passage (of time); course (of events); (step-by-step) procedure; group of people who remain together after the end of an event
tourist attraction; sight-seeing area
reflection (light, image, situation, attitude, etc.); reflecting; influence; application (e.g. of an update)
to become sulky; to become irresponsible (due to disgruntlement)
pool for soaking seed rice before planting
thin rice porridge; watery cooked rice; rice gruel; congee
stomach; Chinese "stomach" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with
large serving; large portion
to rot; to go bad; to corrode; to weather; to become useless; to blunt; to become depraved
book of pictures (paintings, drawings, etc.); collection of pictures
to order; to send away for; to have (something) sent to one; to pull (something) closer
binding (of a book); design (of a book cover)
reason of being; raison d'être; meaning of one's existence
cover (of a book, magazine, etc.); binding; appearing on the cover of a magazine
obi; kimono sash; paper wrapper on books, CDs, etc.; band; belt; cingulum
to be noticeable; to notice; to catch one's eye
chance; start; cue; excuse; motive; impetus
meeting; rendezvous; encounter; confluence
convenient; handy; useful
looking up (e.g. a word in a dictionary); retrieval (e.g. data); searching for; referring to
personal history; background; log; record; hysteresis
automatic; intransitive verb
recommendation; advice; suggestion; encouragement