grim; stern; stark; heartless
secret leader of a group of juvenile delinquents; program in a competing timeslot (programme)
children's hairstyle of short untied hair; child with short untied hair; young girl working as a servant for a high-class prostitute (Edo period); (arch.) baldness; (arch.) bald head
to burn; to roast; to grill; to bake
(flower) bud; promising young person; budding beauty
seasoning; flavoring; flavouring
black vinegar, usu. produced from unpolished rice; charred kelp or shiitake mushrooms ground and mixed with vinegar, used to dress raw fish and vegetables
clearly miraculous; remarkably miraculous; striking
incompetent person; incapable person; person without legal capacity
more haste, less speed; slow and steady wins the race
(a) stop (e.g. in a timber joint, or at the end of a kanji stroke); remaining (e.g. poste-restante); forty-five degree angle
dignity; credit; (arch.) deed of sale (for a land, forest or house); (arch.) sale value; (arch.) selling price
decorative ridge-end tile (traditionally bearing the face of a demon and resembling a gargoyle); hideous face
of no use whatsoever; good for nothing; useless
prohibition of use (of); ban on using (something)
telephone; telephone number; telephone call; phone call
to bring disgrace (dishonor, dishonour) on; to fling mud at; to put to shame
bleaching; bleached cotton; doxxing; doxing; public humiliation (as an Edo period punishment)
Emishi; historical term for non-Yamato peoples in northern Japan; Yezo (northern part of Meiji-era Japan, esp. Hokkaido, but also Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands)
(committing, resorting to) an act of violence
secret technique; secret art
frequent; densely packed; thick
premature death; untimely death; dying young
to be unable to do; to find something difficult to do
earth; soil; the earth (historically, esp. as opposed to the heavens); the ground; low-quality torinoko-gami (containing mud); (period of) refraining from construction in the direction of the god of the earth (in Onmyōdō)
ankle; malleolus; ankle bone
to pull apart; to separate; to draw; to tie (a game)
to a greater or lesser extent (degree); more or less
leader of a group of juvenile delinquents
to be incomparable; to be completely different matters; to be completely different things
to show off; to make a display (e.g. of wealth)
receiving an electric shock
nasty; disgusting; detestable; unpleasant; disagreeable; creepy
low grade; vulgar; low class; cheap; low level