force; vigor; influence; authority; impetus; momentum
mountain (or hill) behind a house, village, etc.; side of a mountain that gets little sunshine; envious; jealous
to turn up; to roll up (e.g. sleeves); to do over and over again; to do relentlessly; to stage a comeback (against) (in mahjong, horse racing, etc.); to come from behind
count; earl; chief official of the Department of Worship; (arch.) eldest brother; Brazil; Brazilian
to fall flat; to collapse in a heap
left hand; left-hand side; left-hand direction; (on) the left
to bathe; to receive (an honor, etc.)
common reed (Phragmites australis)
wide sense (e.g. of a word); broad sense
quick; swift; nimble; quick (understanding, judgement, etc.); alert; prompt
blunder; (careless) mistake; error
slightest connection; slender connection; sliver (e.g. of hope); one thread
Japanese-Chinese; Japan and China
to be careful; to be discreet; to do in moderation; to refrain (from overdoing); to be reverent; to be purified
to sharpen; to hone; to wash (rice); to scour; to polish
practitioner (of medicine, sorcery, fortune telling, etc.)
moving from place to place; being passed around repeatedly; rolling about
tingling; stinging; pungently
hair style; coiffure; hairdo
dried sardines (held together by a bamboo skewer or string piercing the eye sockets)
children's hairstyle of short untied hair; child with short untied hair; young girl working as a servant for a high-class prostitute (Edo period); (arch.) baldness; (arch.) bald head
to be disordered; to be disarranged; to be discomposed; to be upset; to lapse into chaos (due to war, etc.)
kappa (mythical water-dwelling creature)
(arch.) boy (sometimes derog.); you
grandfather (may be used after name as honorific); male senior-citizen (may be used after name as honorific)
living in the mountains; person living in the mountains
relaxed; familiar; easy to access; friendly
to join together; to sum up; to combine; to unite; to mix; to agree with
otter (Lutra lutra); Japanese river otter (Lutra lutra whiteleyi)
(medical) doctor; physician
wearing one's hair knotted in the back
top of the head; crown of the head
weather; astronomical phenomena
to compare (something) to; to liken; to speak figuratively; to use a simile; to use a metaphor
backside part of the shamisen's neck where it meets the body
poverty-stricken; destitute; poor; penurious
household; home; family; housekeeping