youth; child (esp. of the young son of someone of high social standing); young; new
no; nay; well; er; you're welcome; not at all
to rinse; to wash out; to have one's revenge; to wipe out a disgrace
disagreeable; detestable; unpleasant; reluctant
restoration (to original state or location); reconstruction; reversion
first water drawn from a well on New Year's Day
scholar of (ancient) Japanese literature and culture
abstruseness; abstruse word
prediction; prejudgment; presupposition; foregone conclusion
to encloud; to make dim; to make dull; to tarnish; to obscure; to darken
organizational capability; organisational capability
after all; in the end; conclusion; end; end of a game of go, shogi, etc.
error; mistake; slip; bug
assumption; supposition; hypothesis
presentation (of documents); submission (of an application, report, etc.); production (e.g. of evidence); introduction (e.g. of a bill); filing; turning in
above anything else; above all; more than anything; best; greatest; excellent
previously; before; first; before (something or someone else); beforehand; in advance
idea; conception; way of thinking; approach; expression
at the earliest; at the soonest
few decades; many decades; several decades
accurate; correct; precise; exact
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first
towards; against; regarding; in contrast with
opposite bank; farther shore
interval; period of time; among; between; good opportunity; chance
appearance of written words; impression given by written letters, characters, etc.; literal meaning (of a piece of writing); superficial meaning; face (of a printing type)
sense of language; feeling of a word; impression a word makes; nuance
deep pool; deep water; abyss; depths (e.g. of despair, etc.); grip (e.g. of death)
natural; understandable; reasonable; no wonder
oral instruction; passing information by word-of-mouth; oral tradition
good fortune (esp. omikuji fortune-telling result); good luck; auspiciousness; unspecified day of the month (used to obscure the date a letter, invitation, etc. was written)
step; stair; grade; rank; counter for breaks in written language (or speech, etc.); dan
small gate; side gate; wicket gate; side door
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
youth; child (esp. of the young son of someone of high social standing); young; new
(arch.) sitting outdoors; room that served both as a reception room and as a living room in a Heian-period mansion; temporary sitting place installed in the garden at the imperial court, used on the occasion of archery or sumo ceremonies
fresh and youthful; lively; vibrant; vivacious; juicy (e.g. fruit)
section (i.e. of text); sentence; phrase; verse (of 5 or 7 mora in Japanese poetry; of 4, 5, or 7 characters in Chinese poetry); haiku; first 17 morae of a renga, etc.
nectar; honey; honeydew; treacle; molasses; sorbitol (when visible as dark patches inside an apple)