one's brother-in-law; stepbrother (elder)
smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name); inferior; younger (of two people with the same name)
building; construction; group effort by Buddhist practitioners; group activities by a community (e.g. cleaning, etc.)
class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate
(of a woman) divorcing and moving back in with her parents; (of an employee) leaving a position only to return to it later; (of a ship) leaving from and returning to the same port
number (in a series); (one's) turn; watch; guard; rank; standing; bout
mature woman; middle-aged woman
greedy; avaricious; rapacious; insatiable
year by year; annually; every year; from year to year
grand; heroic; sublime; fierce
wife; bride; (one's) daughter-in-law
not feeling like doing ...; having no mind to ...; being in no mood for ...; having no intention of ...
thanks; gratitude; manners; etiquette; bow; reward; gift
offering to a deity or somebody's spirit; tribute to a person who is about to depart
new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date
no!; no no!; no, not at all
from the start; from the beginning; from the outset
to become better; to improve
all you have to do is; just; that's all
something; some kind of; for some reason
udon; thick Japanese wheat noodles
Japanese dace (Tribolodon hakonensis)
Japanese bush warbler (Horornis diphone); Japanese nightingale; greenish brown; having a beautiful voice
legume (esp. edible legumes or their seeds, e.g. beans, peas, pulses); bean; soya bean (Glycine max); soybean; female genitalia (esp. the clitoris); kidney; small
fiveleaf aralia (Acanthopanax sieboldianus)
thin soup of fish or shellfish boiled in seawater
arranged; taken care of; settled; completed; finished
nonglutinous grain (not sticky enough to make mochi rice cakes)
to be wet; to be moist; to get dim; to become blurred; to become tear-choked
to air; to dry; to drain (off); to drink up; to deprive of a role, job, etc.
Japanese apricot (Prunus mume); Japanese plum; ume; lowest (of a three-tier ranking system)
simmered with; cooked with; boiling; boiled dish
the Horse (seventh sign of the Chinese zodiac); hour of the Horse (around noon, 11am-1pm, or 12 noon-2pm); south; fifth month of the lunar calendar
bean curd lees; soybean pulp; refuse from tofu; deutzia; Deutzia crenata
hah (derisively); pooh; pfft (of something disappearing); poof; huff; puff
kinako; roasted soybean flour; roasted soy flour
rice granules; coarse glutinous rice flour (often used in candy production)
to mix; to blend; to combine
to sieve; to sift; to winnow; to screen (candidates)
mizuame; glucose syrup; starch syrup; corn syrup
cloth; fabric; dough; batter; inherent quality; one's true character; unglazed pottery
to knead; to thicken into a paste (stirring over a flame); to polish (a plan, etc.); to refine; to train; to drill; to gloss (silk)
a little; a bit; somewhat; slightly; rather
to make round; to roll up; to seduce; to cajole; to round off (a fraction); (arch.) to lump together
precious orb; Cintamani stone; wish-fulfilling jewel; hōju; uppermost spherical part of a pagoda finial