to saw; to grind (e.g. coffee beans); to mill
water (esp. cool, fresh water, e.g. drinking water); fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid; flood; floodwaters; water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout
to knead; to thicken into a paste (stirring over a flame); to polish (a plan, etc.); to refine; to train; to drill; to gloss (silk)
eggplant (Solanum melongena); aubergine
to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to
to burn; to roast; to broil; to heat; to heat up; to make (charcoal, pottery, bricks, etc.); to bake
Nagasaki prefecture (Kyushu)
Shizuoka prefecture (Chūbu area)
sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas)
taro (Colocasia esculenta); dasheen; eddo
to smash; to crush; to shut down; to put out of business; to wreck; to break; to butcher
to make round; to roll up; to seduce; to cajole; to round off (a fraction); (arch.) to lump together
general classification; broad categorization
variety; kind; type; counter for kinds, species, etc.
near; close; beside; vicinity; proximity; besides
in this manner; in this way; like this
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
judgment; judgement; divination; judgement
to turn inside out; to turn the other way; to turn (something) over
Japanese person; Japanese people
regarding; in; to; towards; with regards to
strong; potent; strong; brawny; good (at); skilled; being able to handle
to live (of humans); to reside; to inhabit; to dwell; to abide
Kanagawa prefecture (Kanto area)
mound; heap; hillock; burial mound; tomb; tumulus
decorations; offerings; mere window dressing
to twine (fibers to make rope); to twist
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
the place for; the time for; the level of
to hang (a curtain); to droop (a tail); to lower (a blind)
bamboo (any grass of subfamily Bambusoideae); middle (of a three-tier ranking system)
pole; rod; line; dash; spoken monotonously
wick; marrow; core; heart; pistil (of a flower); stamen
to wind; to coil; to envelope; to shroud; to outflank; to skirt
to dribble; to spill; to suspend; to hang down; to slouch
bamboo screen; rattan blind; bamboo mat (for rolling sushi)
bitter orange (Citrus aurantium); sour orange; Seville orange; orange (color, colour)
Gleichenia japonica (species of fern with white-backed leaves); white underside; white bottom; white inner
staff with plaited paper streamers
middle; centre; center; midpoint; heart
fat; thick; deep (of a voice); thick; daring; shameless
braid (hair, cord. etc.); plait
several; a number of; quantity; amount; counting; figures; number
rope; cord; policeman's rope
tiny amount of money; a penny; one letter; one character; one mon (unit of currency)