at hand; on hand; way of moving one's arms; skill; money at hand; pocket money
muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line
order; sequence; procedure
reverse order; following a contrary path
order; ordering; beginning; start; foreword; preface
cicada; locust; small-sized pulley
Ming dynasty (China, 1368-1644)
citizen; resident; person; user (of a website, esp. as a collective, e.g. Twittersphere)
to make someone cry; to move someone to tears; to grieve
pupil; student; schoolchild
height of; middle of; full bloom
cool; refreshing; clear (e.g. eyes); bright; clear; distinct
quickly; at once; right away; hurriedly
village; hamlet; countryside; country; home (of one's parents, etc.); hometown
child rearing; child raising; raising children; parenting
to run out (e.g. of the room)
to insist; to assert; to be obstinate in saying
to be dazzled by; to be dizzied by; to be lost in (greed, lust, etc.); (arch.) to become dark
order (esp. to a number of people); command; ritual of bowing at start and end of school class
pot; (arch.) typical name for a female servant in the Edo-period; working at night; female with symptoms of gender identity disorder (e.g. a transvestite)
tingling; stinging; pungently
omitting crucial steps; cutting corners; intentional negligence; tenuki; taking the initiative by ignoring the opponent's last move and playing somewhere else (in go)
evil; wickedness; (role of) the villain (in theatre, etc.); the bad guy
to season (e.g. with salt); to flavour; to flavor; to lace (e.g. with whisky)
squeezed juice (e.g. of a lemon)
completion; finish; workmanship; result; outcome
(arch.) to carve; (arch.) to engrave; to publish; to author
favorable reception; good reputation; popularity
great rival; powerful enemy; archenemy
white clothes; white robe; white gown (worn by doctors, chemists, etc.); commoner without rank (in ancient China); layperson
soliloquy; monologue; speaking to oneself
siblings; brothers and sisters
freckles; buckwheat chaff
facial gesture of pulling one's eyelid down and sticking out one's tongue
to stick in one's throat; to choke on something
period of time (usu. a period of approx. two hours corresponding to one of the signs of the Chinese zodiac); carving; engraving; victory; strictness; cruelty
to close (one's eyes); to shut
Tochigi (city, prefecture)