tumor; tumour; swelling; boil; abscess
pulse; vein; chain (of mountains, etc.); hope; thread (of an argument)
unit; denomination; credit (in school); in units of (e.g. "in thousands"); in amounts of
manner of using one's hands
type of stew, usu. fish or vegetables in a mild broth; fish grilled unseasoned and then simmered slowly in soy and mirin broth
kombu (usu. Saccharina japonica); konbu; kelp; any edible species from the family Laminariaceae
Japanese leek (Allium chinense); Chinese onion; sour-sweet pickle of Japanese leek
bowl (of rice); pair (of chopsticks)
going to bed; retiring (for the night)
twenty-sixth day of the month; twenty-six days
cool breeze; refreshing breeze
chill; the shivers; shivering fit; cold; coldness; cold air
nori; laver; edible seaweed, usu. Porphyra yezoensis or P. tenera, usu. dried and pressed into sheets
stool (feces) examination
to hesitate; to hold back; to be reluctant; to be unwilling; to have loose painful bowel movement; to suffer from tenesmus
plaster; patch; ointment; liniment
broth; soup (esp. miso soup)
chikuwa; tube-shaped fish paste cake
striped jack (Pseudocaranx dentex); white trevally
dried fish (or shellfish, etc.)
taikō (esp. Toyotomi Hideyoshi); title for a regent, later for the grand chancellor, also for the father of an Imperial adviser (advisor) who passed the role to his son
twenty-seventh day of the month; twenty-seven days
seven times; many times; seventh (interval)
common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris); kidney bean; navy bean; wax bean; green bean; string bean
after a long time; for the first time in a while
kinpira gobō; braised burdock root; chopped burdock root (and sometimes carrot) cooked in sugar and soy sauce
comrade; friend; associate; colleague; fellow student; fellow apprentice
long sentence; long piece of writing (e.g. passage, letter, article, telegram)
postbox; mailbox; post; position; post (e.g. goalpost); post- (e.g. post-Cold War)
detection; sense (e.g. sensor)
edge; brink; verge; time; moment of
Iwami (former province located in the west of present-day Shimane Prefecture)
don't worry; no worries; never mind