attraction to ugly people
ouch!; hot, hot, hot!; something hot; fire
turmeric (Curcuma domestica)
focusing on only the good points or strong points; incorporating the benefits (while ignoring the drawbacks); picking the best of both (everything); cherry-picking (e.g. information)
perfectly round; perfectly circular
to walk; to go on foot; to tread (a figurative path); to follow; to advance towards (e.g. a solution); to set out (e.g. on the path to destruction, ruin, etc.)
deadly serious; deadly earnest
counter for buildings, roofs, tents, etc.
fake; something false; sham; deception
sweetfish (Plecoglossus altivelis altivelis); ayu
true parrot (esp. small parrots such as the parakeet, lory and conure)
walking; pace; step; course (of history, one's life, etc.); history; pitch (of a screw, etc.)
honest to a fault; foolishly honest; naively honest
unexpectedly; unusually; considering all that
island; one's territory (e.g. of a sex worker, organized crime gang); one's turf
one's turn for doing the sweeping (cleaning)
sense of anticipation; feeling of expectation; feeling of hope
looking on from afar; being a spectator
(not even) an inch; (not even) a little bit; (lit.) one millimeter
to tease; to irritate; to tantalize; to keep (someone) in suspense
deplorable; regrettable; disappointing; vexing; unfortunate
full up; to have had enough of something (both good and bad nuance)
Shinto priest; chief Shinto priest (of a shrine); Welsh onion; pun in Buddhist monk jargon
complete denial; complete disavowal; total negation
full moon; moon on the 15th day of the month (by the lunar calendar); full moon of the eighth lunar month
many; a lot; much; multitude
in the confusion of the moment; taking advantage of the confused state of affairs
water (esp. cool, fresh water, e.g. drinking water); fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid; flood; floodwaters; water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout
good-naturedness; good-natured person; credulous person; easy mark
to benefit; to profit; to gain; to reap rewards
sweet-tasting; sweet; fragrant (smelling); sweet (music); lightly salted; light in salt; naive
difficulty; hardship; trouble; infeasibility; inability (to carry out)
law (esp. ancient East Asian criminal code); regulation; vinaya (rules for the monastic community); Ritsu (school of Buddhism); lüshi (style of Chinese poem); (musical) pitch; six odd-numbered notes of the ancient chromatic scale
pot; jar; dice cup; depression; basin (e.g. of a waterfall); aim; what one wants
shelf; ledge; rack; trellis
eaves; narrow aisle surrounding the core of a temple building
to understand from experience