stomach; breadbasket; inner man; dietary needs
last scene (e.g. of a movie); closing scene
chimney; smokestack; funnel (of a ship); carrying a passenger without turning on the taximeter
entry; approach; penetration
this (is) again; really; so; extremely
grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen
(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
hakama; man's formal divided skirt
gaiters; leggings; puttees
kana; Japanese syllabary (i.e. hiragana, katakana)
fur; skin; pelt; kanji "fur" radical
wisdom; jnana (higher knowledge)
buttocks; lower back; waist; kimono underskirt
sweet dumpling made with mochi flour and (sometimes) millet flour (famous product of Okayama); millet dumplings
dango; dumpling (usu. sweet); ball-shaped object; something round; lump; group
to roll in; to tumble into; to visit (esp. to stay overnight as an unwanted guest); to fall in one's way; to fall into one's lap
rustic; rude; vulgar; rough
style; manner; way; after (period of time) again (e.g. meeting again after a year); for the first time in (period of time)
stamp; seal; seal impression; seal; mudra (symbolic hand gesture); ninja hand sign
Canidae (family containing domestic dogs, wolves, foxes, etc.)
having an immediate effect; taking immediate effect
Japan's best; number one in Japan
let's not say (such things) to each other
scabbard; sheath; cap (on pen, brush, etc.); case; margin (between two prices); spread
bowl; pot; flowerpot; crown; brainpan
not exactly correct, but pretty close to it; not far off the mark
general classification; broad categorization
to figure out; to get an idea
creative work (e.g. artistic, literary)
degree of familiarity; popularity
old tale; folk tale; legend; reminiscence
binding; regulation; limit; binding period (e.g. phone or broadband contract); minimum contract term
pool for soaking seed rice before planting
present day; modern times; recent times; early modern period (in Japan, usu. from the Meiji Restoration until the end of World War II)
thing that should be (carefully) avoided; no-no; thing to definitely not do; something forbidden; taboo
within the story (of a book, play, film, etc.)
all times and places; all ages and countries
existing alongside (each other); mixture; intermingling
castle town; city in Japan that developed around the castle of a feudal lord