smelling burnt; smelling scorched; smelling of gunpowder (i.e. as if armed conflict is about to break out); tense; suspicious; dubious
halting (speech); faltering; stammering
jumping to a hasty conclusion
to gather; to crowd round; to sponge (off someone); to scrounge; to extort; to take (money) through intimidation
to seize; to catch; to obtain; to acquire; to understand; to grasp
first day of spring (according to the traditional lunisolar calendar, approx. February 4)
painstaking piece of work; work of great effort; tour de force; toil; labor; labour
cross mark; demerit mark; an X
(light) scoring (in cooking)
boisterous dance; dancing wildly
solemn (ceremony, atmosphere, etc.); austere; grave; majestic; dignified; stately
Heisei era (1989.1.8-2019.4.30)
adlay (Coix lacryma-jobi var. ma-yuen); Job's tears; coixseed; tear grass; adlai
unpolished rice; unmilled rice; brown rice; black rice
safe tile; tile that may be discarded without risking benefiting an opponent; no-risk choice; easily handled person
chopped burdock root (and sometimes carrot) cooked in sugar and soy sauce
Sukhavati (Amitabha's Pure Land); paradise; heaven on earth
musical dance; music and dancing
gap; break; pause; interval; cut; incision
to have two things (at the same time) (e.g. good and bad points); to also have something (in addition to something else)
regular; well-regulated; systematic; orderly
mainly; chiefly; primarily; for the most part
protein; egg white; albumen; albumin
concurrence; coincidence; complication (in illness)
self-examination; reflection
treat; banquet; feast; thank you (for the meal); that was a delicious meal
moon viewing (esp. during the eight month of the lunar calendar)
time; years; days; the Moon and the Sun
to fade into dusk; to fade into twilight; to decline; to wane; to look melancholic (of a person)
trio; triumvirate; three famous retainers
lie; fib; mistake; error; unwise move; bad decision
tediously; repetitively; insistently; ad nauseam; at great length
cavity; hollow; void; hollow (voice, smile, etc.); blank (eyes, look, etc.); vacant (expression, stare, etc.)