mugwort-flavored rice dumpling (flavoured)
roar; peal; rumble; beating; pounding; throbbing
Fujiko Fujio (1934.3.10-)
great pair; well-oiled two-man team
Chinese juniper (Juniperus chinensis)
font of purifying water placed at the entrance of a shrine
one's own way of thinking; one's independent approach
someone who battles on in difficult circumstances
obligation; duty; charge; responsibility
whoopie; yee-haw; noise made when celebrating
cast-off skin (snake, insect, etc.); husk; empty shell; exuvia; exuviae
visiting soldiers at the front to provide comfort; visit to (gift for) persons hard at work as a sign of support
echo; reverberation; sound (esp. the distinctive sound of an object or activity, e.g. rain, gun, gallop, drum); noise; quality of a sound (e.g. a fine phrase, clear voice, resonant bell); feeling of a sound
to catch up (with); to draw level; to pull even; to be compensated; to make up for one's losses
being independent; standing on one's own; becoming independent
to trouble; to bother; to annoy
tachibana orange (Citrus tachibana)
mitsuba (Cryptotaenia japonica); Japanese honewort; Japanese honeywort; three-leaved; trefoil
hiss (esp. cat); sizzle; whoosh
to chastise; to punish; to discipline
supporter (e.g. wrist supporter); athletic supporter; jockstrap; supporter (esp. of soccer); backer
someone who is greatly one's senior; veteran
severe earthquake; violent tremor
secretariat; executive office
figure; design; twill weave; pattern of diagonal stripes; style (of writing); figure (of speech); design
two classes; double; two sets
and yet; though; when; in spite of
cleaning up somebody else's mess; carrying the can; ass-wiping; arse-wiping
Iga (former province located in the west of present-day Mie Prefecture)
to tilt (esp. head); to lean; to incline; to slant
be on your guard!; take care!
to come of age; to become an adult; to become fully qualified; to stand on one's own
rikka; formal style of ikebana
payment; bill; sweeping; clearing away; sweeping stroke (e.g. when writing kanji)
hollow; cavity; hole; cave