to pour (into); to sprinkle on (from above); to water (e.g. plants); to shed (tears); to concentrate one's energy (strength, attention, etc.) on; to devote to; to flow into (e.g. of a river)
intimacy; affection; familiarity
as a child; when one was a child
scholarly ability; scholarship; knowledge; literary ability
sensitive; alert; aware; susceptible
troubled face; worried expression
gesture; movement; action; acting; performance
the same grade; same class
another meeting; meeting again; reunion
to hold in one's mouth (without biting, before chewing or swallowing, etc.)
to appease one's thirst; to wet one's whistle
one's station in life; one's personal history; one's circumstances; one's lot; one's destiny; one's future
to burst open; to pop; to split
burn mark; grilled surface (e.g. on a steak)
brilliance; polish; lustre; luster; glossy finish (of photographs)
first 17-syllable verse of a renga; haiku; first five-syllable line of a tanka
to begin to overflow; to start overflowing; to pour out
to amass; to accumulate; to store; to leave unpaid
to surge; to well up; to gush out
season (e.g. fruit, fish); in vogue; popular; fresh
magical powers; supernatural powers; spell; charm
to accrete; to become whole; to come together
to twist; to turn; to writhe (e.g. in pain); to twist around; to turn in one's seat
flapping; rattling (sound); noisily; commotion; kerfuffle
popular; folksy; plebeian; ordinary; unpretentious
mouthful; morsel; gulp; sip; one word; in short
tool; means; ingredients (added to soup, rice, etc.); counter for sets of armor, utensils, furniture, etc.
outer canthus; outer corner of the eye
to gulp down; to swallow deeply; to understand; to take in; to engulf; to swallow up
end; finish; bounds; limits; delivery date (of a futures contract); finale (of a noh song); end of an act (in jōruri or kabuki)
sashimi (raw sliced fish, shellfish or crustaceans)
cotton plant (Gossypium spp.); batting; wadding; padding
sweetfish (Plecoglossus altivelis altivelis); ayu
grilling (fish) with salt; broiling with salt; boiling seawater to get salt
injury; harm; evil influence; damage