lump together; put all together
state; state of affairs; appearance; look; sign; indication
daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)
mouth; lips; shape of the mouth; near an entrance; vicinity of an entrance
unity; coherence; consistency; settlement; conclusion; completion
loose; slack; gentle (slope, curve); slow (speed); lenient; liberal
have no choice; there is nothing but; no more than
having a single meaning; allowing only one interpretation; unequivocal; principal; primary; most important
to perform the last rites over the deceased; to give someone their final notice (e.g. when firing them); to give someone the final word
primer; manual; introductory book
to get (a joke or explanation); to strike home; to click; to know intuitively
under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (somebody's) side
house; one's house; one's home; one's family
(tree) trunk; (arrow) shaft; (tool) handle; backbone; base
picture; drawing; painting; image (TV, film, etc.); picture; footage
entering an institution; beginning training; primer; manual; introduction (to)
tide; current; sea water; opportunity; chance; thin soup of fish or shellfish boiled in seawater
author (usu. of a particular book); writer
consistency; coherence; one kan (approx. 3.75 kg, 8.3 lb); one piece of sushi
vantage point; viewpoint; standpoint; outlook
reading matter; reading material
tanka; 31-mora Japanese poem
to compose (a Japanese poem); to write; to use as the theme of a poem; to recite (e.g. a poem); to chant; to intone
Yamaguchi (city, prefecture)
fields (of rice and other crops)
unheard-of; unprecedented; unparalleled in history (unparallelled); record-breaking
kan (obs. unit of weight, approx. 3.75 kg, 8.3 lb); kan (obs. unit of currency, equiv. to 1000 mon in the Edo period; col. 10 mon in the Meiji period); counter for pieces of sushi; 10 points; 12 points
adult (esp. person 20 years old or over); grownup; becoming an adult; coming of age; growing up (to be a man, woman)