on the contrary; rather; all the more; instead
Noto (former province located in the north of present-day Ishikawa Prefecture); Noto (peninsula)
underarm hair; armpit hair
deep (colour); dark; strong (flavour, smell, etc.); thick (consistency); dense; strong (possibility, etc.)
(confronting a problem, etc.) head-on; directly; outright; (lit.) from the front
to protrude; to stick out; to be forced out; to be pushed out; to go over (e.g. a budget); to go beyond
scissors; shears; clippers; hole punch
ancestor; forefather; originator; pioneer; grandfather
to burn; to be roasted; to be heated; to be jealous; to be envious
(right at the) side; just beside
frivolous; flippant; superficial; shallow; trifling; insincere
long hair (usu. of a man)
empty rice field (between the harvest and spring)
to carry around; to carry on one's person
to become; to appear like; to have a touch of; to look like
to pluck; to pick; to tear
approximate age; apparent age; marriageable age (esp. of a woman); age of maturity; appropriate age (to ...); old enough (to ...)
bodily; physical; corporeal; sexual; sensual; of the flesh
to be submerged; to be soaked; to be pickled; to be well seasoned; to be totally immersed (in a condition, e.g. laziness)
promise; agreement; arrangement; something expected or predictable (e.g. running gag); typical or clichéd development (in a story); something considered obligatory or guaranteed (in a certain situation)
fresh water; fiscal spending; government pump priming
leaving something as it is (after taking it out or turning it on)
refrigerator; cold; cool; cold sake
reserve; constraint; declining; refraining; forethought; foresight
without; unacceptable; not alright; unsatisfactory
to the utmost; to the best of one's ability
to pour water on; to irrigate
to shrink; to contract; to diminish (in size)
primary school; elementary school; grade school
(approximate) time; around; suitable time (or condition); time of year; season
training; practice; discipline; ascetic practices
deep blue; bright blue; ghastly pale; pallid; white as a sheet
dear (old); fondly-remembered; beloved; missed; nostalgic
material (for a story, article, etc.); information; joke; jest; proof; evidence; (magician's) trick
clearing one's mind of all mundane thoughts
to divide; to cut; to halve; to break; to crack; to dilute; to fall below
somehow; for some reason; without knowing why