monaural; monophonic; mono
standard language (used in government, education, etc.); standard Japanese
monthly publication; monthly issue
autumn breeze; fall breeze
melon bread; half-melon shaped bun, flavored with artificial melon
descendant (usu. of a certain generation); (arch.) lineage; (arch.) pedigree; (arch.) grandchild
talk about divorce or separation
whenever necessary; as needed; as required; at any time; at all times
long, narrow strip of paper on which Japanese poems are written (vertically); tanzaku; thin rectangle
regulations; rules; (local) regulation; ordinance; bylaw
Star Festival (held in July or August); Tanabata; Festival of the Weaver
name; nameplate; caption; storyboard (of a manga); rough draft
binding; regulation; limit; binding period (e.g. phone or broadband contract); minimum contract term
above the clouds; heaven; the Imperial Court; something unreachable; place of out of reach
soft sound; dampening (of sound)
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
bamboo grass; generally smaller species of running bamboo that do not shed their sheaths (e.g. Sasa spp.)
double; double bed; hotel room with a double bed; double-breasted; double-cuffed; double width (of cloth; usu. 1.42 meters); doubles (e.g. in tennis)
artificial product; man-made product; fiction; made-up story; decoration (e.g. for a festival); theatrical prop (esp. a large prop in noh or kyogen, e.g. tree, well, boat)
June; sixth month of the lunar calendar
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
speech; tongue; dialect; brogue; bento; Japanese box lunch; petal
from here; from this place
railway track; railway line; railroad; railway; track; line
creation; production; creative work (novel, film, etc.); fabrication; fiction; invention
to heal; to cure; to satisfy (e.g. hunger, thirst); to alleviate (e.g. sorrow, fatigue)
to find out; to discover; to select; to pick out; to look out (from the inside); to be wide-eyed (in surprise, anger, etc.)
grown-up (manner, etc.); mature; adult
to be caught in; to be stuck in; to stop by; to drop in for a short visit; to get mixed up in (trouble); to get entangled in (a problem); to fall for (a trick)
to flip; to snap; to repel; to use (an abacus); to calculate; to strum
to well up (of tears, anger, joy, etc.); to surge up (within oneself); to rise; to feel nauseated; to feel sick
chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus); domestic chicken; chicken meat
singing voice; (sound of) singing
bye-bye; good-bye; see you; saying goodbye; parting