mode (musical mode, mode of probability distribution, state of physical system); fashion
first shrine visit of New Year
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to
consideration; guess; conjecture; judgment; judgement
to freeze; to be frozen over; to congeal
one theory (opinion); another theory (opinion)
to supply (goods, money, etc.); to cover (costs); to pay; to give board; to provide meals
roundness; rotundity; mellowness; maturity
unknown (e.g. in an equation); element (of a set); yuan (monetary unit of China); New Taiwan dollar; Yuan dynasty (China, 1271-1368); Yüan dynasty
taking on (a challenge); attempt; try; tackling; challenging (someone to a contest)
ray of light; ray of hope; promising talent
dust; trash; garbage; negligible amount; tiny bit; hustle and bustle (of life)
to be caught; to be captured; to be taken prisoner; to be seized with (fear, etc.); to be a slave to; to stick to
king (of the senior player)
to crowd out; to push out; to start together; to set out en masse; to highlight; to draw attention to
to surge like an avalanche; to flood; to swarm; to stampede
(inflected) end of a word; end of a sentence
wound; injury; chip; crack; flaw; defect
judgment (of a crime); conviction; condemnation; beheading; decapitation
outrageous lie; outright lie
(something) one does not really mean; insincere
slip; omission; upshot; denouement; punch line (of a joke)
story; tale; legend; plot; storyline
level ground; horizon; field of view
wet nurse; nursing mother
finishing writing; completion of a manuscript
matter being discussed (e.g. in a private conversation); it's not your business; it doesn't matter (to you); our side of the story (in contrast to another's version)
to change the subject (e.g. away from something awkward or inconvenient)
to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out; to be away from (e.g. one's house); to leave (temporarily); to dawn
newly born imperial prince; newly constructed (branch) shrine
(arch.) peoples formerly of northern Japan with distinct language and culture (i.e. the Ainu); provincial (i.e. a person who lives far from the city); brutish, unsophisticated warrior (esp. used by Kyoto samurai to refer to samurai from eastern Japan); foreigner; barbarian
festival held on January 10 in honor of Ebisu, the god of fishing and commerce
ninth day of the month; nine days