roar; peal; rumble; beating; pounding; throbbing
easily bored; quick to lose interest; fickle; capricious
Chinese juniper (Juniperus chinensis)
(railway) crossing gate; barrier (at a toll booth, parking lot, etc.)
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 hinder; to obstruct; to adversely affect
shiruko; sweet red-bean soup with mochi
tachibana orange (Citrus tachibana)
force of a fire; force of flames
one breath; chug!; drink!
severe earthquake; violent tremor
head of family; originator
filling a vacancy; supplementation; substitute; deputy; alternate
gale; violent (strong) wind
exclamation used to scold practitioners (in Zen); scolding or threatening with a shout
to pitch in and help; to give someone a hand
preparation; arrangements; provision; getting ready; laying out (e.g. a meal)
small stream; brooklet; murmuring (as of a stream)
tsk tsk; oh-oh; huh; what's that?
rikka; formal style of ikebana
to comfort; to console; to amuse
chirp; twitter; warble; whale tongue
zhen (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: thunder, east)
regular; regular member (e.g. of football team, etc.); regular (petrol, gasoline)
ferry (crossing); ferry(boat); delivery
sports-minded; sports-oriented
heavy blow; thump; wallop; belt; whack
barrier; protective wall; obstacle; hindrance; imaginary shield that gives one invincibility or immunity
to listen carefully; to strain one's ears