refined; graceful; modest; cultivated; elegant; reserved
people; race; nation; ethnic group; ethnos
to commit seppuku; to commit harakiri; to take responsibility (and resign); (arch.) to laugh until one splits one's side
fresh troops; fresh players; newcomer; new employee; new method; new way
long-cherished ambition; satisfaction
memorial day; commemoration day; anniversary
to buy up; to lay in a stock; to stock up; to buy a lot
selfish; egoist; (arch.) self-indulgent; (arch.) wilful; (arch.) willful
gas stove; gas cooker; gas range
eternity; perpetuity; permanence; immortality
single standard; single base; single-feature show
magician; conjurer; illusionist
trunk; torso; plastron (in kendo); touching the plastron (kimari-te in kendo); frame (of a drum, etc.); sound box (of a shamisen, etc.)
ouch!; hot, hot, hot!; something hot; fire
to pick; to pluck; to snip; to cut; to nip
to pour into (liquids); to pump into
to begin to overflow; to start overflowing; to pour out
Urashima's casket (in the story of Urashima Tarō); Pandora's box; one's closely guarded treasure
to rise up (e.g. pillar of smoke); to go up
ought to have been; was ... right?; to do for (inferiors)
hilt (of a sword); haft (of a dagger); handle; handgrip
grasping; gripping; handful; fistful; handle; grip; rice ball
to fit; to get into; to be fit for (a job, etc.); to be suited for; to fall into; to plunge into
how to use (something); usage instructions; directions (for usage); use; usage
(earthenware) mortar (for grinding)
hollow; cavity; dent; depression
to warp; to curve; to arch; to bend backward (body or body part, e.g. fingers)
dizziness; giddiness; vertigo
chronological scientific tables
agglutination; adhesion; fusion; combination; blending; uniting
to cave in; to become depressed; to sink
casting; cast-metal object
cast (play, film, etc.); cast (e.g. type conversion)
excellent; superb; first-rate