top ridge of a roof; main ridge of a roof
spring snow (usu. large snowflakes)
parking area; parking lot; rest stop; service area
kappore (traditional Japanese comic dance)
breech presentation (feet or buttocks-first birth); breech delivery; breech birth
to listen to in an ecstasy
thoroughly; completely; utterly; severely; harshly; terribly
one (written) character; (arch.) Welsh onion (Allium fistulosum)
breaking one's ties (with); breaking off (from); pulling out (of)
trademark gag; trademark routine
expressive person (e.g. in musical performance)
frivolity; unpredictability; erraticism; first-time guest in a red-light district
skylark (Alauda arvensis)
professional jester; professional entertainer; comedian; flatterer; sycophant; brown-noser
quarter; person with one non-Japanese grandparent
rice plant (Oryza sativa)
program board (concert, theatrical production); act-announcement sheets; mekuri karuta
duty and humanity; (a sense of) moral obligation and humane feelings
to rage; to storm (at); to be furious; to enthuse; to speak enthusiastically; to speak with vigour
permanence; perpetuity; Chōkyū era (1040.11.10-1044.11.24)
to be unusual (of a person or of a thing); to be uncommon; to be peculiar; to be crazy; to be eccentric; to be different
right or wrong; good or bad; quality; having both merits and demerits; having both advantages and disadvantages
to keep a house; to run a household
carving; engraving; sculpture; tattoo
Shiga prefecture (Kinki area)
slow; tedious; sluggish; irritating
merrymaking; high jinks; drunken revelry; spree
difficult problem; challenge
rape blossoms; rapeseed flowers
goodbye; farewell; so long
kalpa (eon, aeon); ko (in go); position that allows for eternal capture and recapture of the same stones
smooth; flat; featureless; uneventful; noppera-bō; mythical being with flat featureless face
topic; subject; rumor; talk; tale; story
to wish to go well; to have good intentions
to be frugal; to be sparing; to value; to hold dear; to regret (e.g. a loss); to feel sorry (for)
stock-in-trade; tools of one's trade
locomotor ataxia; difficulty walking or speaking (due to alcoholism, a stroke, etc.); someone with this problem
between (e.g. two people); face to face; hindrance; impediment; arrhythmic section of recitative in noh music; playing with only 2 players; prefix used for stress or emphasis