ditch with running water; drainage channel
stone; jewel; precious stone; flint (in a lighter); stone (in go); stone (in the bladder, kidney etc.); calculus
obligatory supply (of goods to the government, e.g. during wartime); delivery (to the government at a fixed price, e.g. of rice)
to dig; to excavate; to delve into; to dig up (e.g. vegetables); (for two men) to have anal sex
Bizen ware (type of pottery)
to strike (gold, oil, etc.); to find (e.g. buried treasure); to dig up
five; five years of age; eight o'clock (old time system)
six; six years of age; six o'clock (old time system)
to break; to be smashed; to split; to crack; to be divided (opinion, vote, etc.); to split (e.g. of a party); to come to light
over the top; thickly; heavily; richly
small dining table (usu. for a single person); serving tray (with legs); meal; food; counter for bowlfuls of rice; counter for pairs of chopsticks
bulky (e.g. clothing); ungainly; heavy; poorly hit; weak
rice bowl; tea cup; teacup
to pick up; to adopt (e.g. a proposal); to accept; to take away; to confiscate; to deliver (a baby)
dryness; aridity; drying (e.g. clothes); insipidity
Thunberg's geranium (Geranium thunbergii)
chameleon plant (Houttuynia cordata)
chickweed (Stellaria sp.); stitchwort
plantain (esp. Asian plantain, Plantago asiatica)
to boil; to decoct; to infuse
cooking; cookery; cuisine; dealing with something; handling; administration
mitsuba (Cryptotaenia japonica); Japanese honewort; Japanese honeywort; three-leaved; trefoil
lick; bottom card of the draw pile; (arch.) tasting (a nobleman's) medicine to see if it contains poison; (arch.) medicine taster
rolled egg; rolled omelette (omelet); fried egg; frying pan for making rolled eggs
to float; to become merry; to be cheerful; to become loose; to become unsteady; to feel out of it; to be cut off (e.g. from those around you)
grand; luxurious; lavish; great; large; big (e.g. storm)
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
parched; dried-up; empty; hollow; rattling; clattering
Chinese soft-shelled turtle (Pelodiscus sinensis); soft-shelled turtle (Trionychidae)
eggs; egg; (hen's) egg; (an expert) in the making; beginning; origin
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
finally; at last; ultimately; in the end
(giving) birth; childbirth; native of; product of; assets; property
to study (in depth); to learn; to take lessons in
sunset; sundown; end; close; year-end; end of the year
seven (long cylindrical things)
eight (long cylindrical things)
to arrange (flowers); to plant
deposit and withdraw; taking in and out
magic mallet; lucky mallet; nursery-tale mallet that delivers one's heart's desire at a wave