to burn; to roast; to broil; to heat; to heat up; to make (charcoal, pottery, bricks, etc.); to bake
one cause; one reason; one factor
if anything; conversely; putting it the other way around; coming at it from the opposite angle
to cultivate (land); to clear (land)
difficulty; trouble; accident; disaster; fault; defect
seed (of a fruit); pit; tongue (projecting strip on a board that fits into a groove on another board); clitoris; (arch.) core; (arch.) kernel
flame; blaze; flames (of intense emotion, e.g. love, jealousy, anger); passion
grass used for thatching; sedge used for thatching
visit; call; arrival (e.g. of spring); advent; news; tidings
remarkable; striking; obvious
change in pronunciation or meaning of a word; sound change; word with an altered pronunciation or meaning; turning or twisting part of a text (in Chinese poetry)
fires set off in early spring to burn off dead grass; bush fire; field fire; grass fire
opposition; resistance; antagonism; reverse; opposite; inverse
to pick out; to single out; to select; to extract; to draw out; to pull out
action; conduct; behaviour; behavior; mobilization; mobilisation
burning off a field (in early spring)
hard to figure out; elusive; slippery; vague; subtle
mantra; Shingon sect (of Buddhism)
to hide; to keep to oneself
rubbish; trash; garbage; refuse
to arrive at; to reach; to sit on; to sit at (e.g. the table)
fault; error; indiscretion; faux pas
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean
small; little; fine; (arch.) fine pattern
Amur silvergrass (Miscanthus sacchariflorus)
dainty; delicate (e.g. fingers); fine; sensitive; delicate (feelings, sense, etc.); subtle
sex life; sexual activities
degeneration; retrogression
investigation (e.g. academically, of the unknown); close inquiry (enquiry)
at present; currently; so far; for now; for the time being
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
to learn by experience; to learn one's lesson; to learn the hard way; to be discouraged (by); to have enough (of); to be disgusted (with)
behavior; behaviour; deportment
ban (e.g. on smoking); prohibition
shoe; shoes; boots; footwear; footgear
to stand (still) a while; to loiter; to stop
ritual performance (usually around New Year) to pray for a successful rice harvest in the coming year
occasionally; now and then; from time to time
New Year event to pray for a rich rice harvest
presenter; speaker; performer; actor; participant (in a TV show or TV panel)