fully; luxuriantly; fluffy; plump; soft and full; corpulent
pushing something out; extrusion; presence; appearance; run walked in; pushing one's opponent out by pressing one's hands up against them
large-hearted; generous; liberal; placid; composed; cool
hearth; fireplace; furnace; kiln
long metal chopsticks (for handling charcoal, esp. in a brazier); fire tongs
to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in
manjū; steamed yeast bun with filling
how; in what way; how about; questionable
congratulation; congratulations; celebration; congratulatory gift; present
amusement; diversion (to pass time); pastime; recreation
mouthful; morsel; gulp; sip; one word; in short
period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years); apprenticeship; indentureship; one-year period
to sell (well); to be well known; to be popular; to be famous
to blow (of the wind); to blow (one's breath); to breathe out; to play (a wind instrument); to blow (a whistle, trumpet, etc.); to emit (smoke, fire, etc.); to spout
skin; hide; rind; peel; shell; sheath
to ripen; to mature; to be ready for action; to be the right time (to act); to be in common use; to come to sound natural
kaki; Japanese persimmon (Diospyros kaki)
being able to do as one pleases; doing at will; pothook
key; lock; key (to a problem); clue
container made by cutting a piece of bamboo lengthways; bamboo tube; bamboo cylinder
Japanese pampas grass (Miscanthus sinensis); maiden silvergrass; zebra grass
grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen
double; twice (as much); twofold
ear (of a cereal plant); head; point (of a brush, spear, etc.); tip; crest (of a wave); scion (in grafting)
grass used for thatching; sedge used for thatching
ministry; department; province (of China); saving; conserving
rest area; rest stop; service area (next to a highway); service station; parking area
tearoom; tea house; tea-ceremony room; tea arbour; tea arbor
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
exactly the same; exactly as is; without any change
to bloom; to flower; to blossom; to open
bush clover; Japanese clover (any flowering plant of genus Lespedeza); dark red exterior with blue interior (color combination worn in autumn); Hagi (city in Yamaguchi)
the head; the foremost; beginning; the very front
to rain incessantly; to downpour
ferocious; fierce; audacious; impudent; shameless
to look up (at); to look up to; to respect; to ask for (e.g. guidance); to seek; to depend on
rustling; dry; rough feeling; rough (of a person); course; catching fish with a net
light; lamp; obsolete unit of luminous intensity (approx. 1.0067 candela)
blackened; black-painted; black-lacquered; blackened thing
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
to strike against; to collide with; to encounter; to meet; to clash