young bird; chick; fledgling; greenhorn; fledgeling; novice
substance; true form; main part; main unit; object of worship (at a shrine, temple, etc.); noumenon
to have an uneasy conscience
barren; sterile; infertile; unproductive (e.g. discussion); fruitless
in some way or other; one way or another; somehow; only just; barely
difficult to ...; hard to ...
to put on weight; to gain weight; to grow fat; to get stout
to become greasy; to become oily; to be loud and garish
thin (of an object); pale; light; watery; thin; weak (taste, etc.); little (affection, etc.)
stubble; unshaven face; beard one has because one is too lazy to shave; 5-o'clock shadow
clumsy (work); awkward; poorly made; ugly (of a person); unattractive; plain
bath; bathing; bathhouse; public bath; room for drying lacquerware; base (wooden joint connecting the blade of a hoe, spade, etc., to the handle)
feeble joke; poor joke; corny joke; bad pun
basis; grounds; base (of operations); base (of a group of stones)
middle-age; middle age; midlife; one's middle years
cicada; locust; small-sized pulley
noisy; loud; annoying; troublesome; fussy; finicky
to re-grip; to re-wrestle; to regroup (after some adverse event)
weak point; weakness; shortcoming; defect; flaw; sore spot
to prick; to stab; to poke; to prod; to use (a cane); to prop oneself up with
flesh; meat; flesh (of a fruit); pulp; the physical body (as opposed to the spirit); flesh; thickness
continuously; from beginning to end; from first to last
to carry around; to carry on one's person
rīchi; riichi; declaring that one is one tile away from winning while one's hand is completely concealed; being one step away from victory (or success, etc.)
control; check; restraint; inhibition
though; although; notwithstanding; while; as; at the same time as
to knock out (e.g. a homer); to slam; to send flying (e.g. a ball); to wallop (someone)
fear; horror; risk; danger; awe; reverence
(fixing) boundaries for religious practices; prohibition (of items, people, spirits, etc. that would hinder Buddhist practice); fence between inner and outer sanctums in a temple; (arch.) short two or three-fold lattice around the front desk of a store; barrier; dimensional barrier
to have (e.g. lunch); to take (e.g. vitamins)
to wind; to coil; to envelope; to shroud; to outflank; to skirt
along (a river, coast, railway, etc.); on (e.g. a street)
field (for growing wheat, fruit, vegetables, etc.); cultivated land; field (of specialization); sphere; womb; birth
small hill; low hill; hillock
hill; height; knoll; bonus points awarded to the winner at the end of a game
to go down and stand; to alight; to get down
to misperceive visually; to misread; to mistake for something or someone else
round and cute (esp. of eyes)
unmistakable; unquestionable; certain; evident
to pass (e.g. car); to overtake; to surpass; to outstrip; to get ahead of
distinction; difference; separate; different; exception; exclusion
will; probably; may; I think; surely; I hope
wearing a kimono with the right side over the left (normally used only for the dead); downturn; recession; front left; front and left