immortal mountain wizard (in Taoism); crane
twisting (thread, etc.); twisted yarn; twisted thread; twine
elm bark clothes traditionally worn by the Ainu; elm bark textile
wonderful; splendid; magnificent
to attract someone with food
bizarre; strange; weird; grotesque
grandpa; grampa; grandfather
ladle; tadpole; musical note
(string of) many (traditionally 1000) paper cranes
telephone bill; telephone rate
image; figure; figure; form; image
chopped burdock root (and sometimes carrot) cooked in sugar and soy sauce
officially registered seal
passing through (a tunnel, station, town, etc.); passing by (e.g. of a typhoon); passage (of a bill, e.g. through parliament); carriage; passing (an examination, inspection, etc.); clearing
salmon (Salmonidae spp.); chum salmon (Oncorhynchus keta)
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
great love; passionate affair
whispered conversation; whispering
under investigation; under consideration; under review; pending (decision, etc.); awaiting verification
(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
piling up high (food in a bowl); filling (a bowl); heaped bowl
practice kit; practice board; practice partner; training partner
to be (too) late getting married; to be (too) late going somewhere
strong opposition; vehement opposition
celebration; auspicious occasion
to be careless; to be inattentive; long and disheveled (e.g. hair) (dishevelled); (arch.) flaring up (fire); (arch.) rising (e.g. steam)
relieved; refreshed; frank; candid; easy-going
training for homemaking; training in homemaking arts; domestic training
to become desperate; to give in to despair
seeing eye to eye; reaching an agreement; coinciding in opinion
ring; band; ring; circum-
to delight; to give pleasure