porcelain bowl; donburi; bowl of meat, fish, etc. served over rice
miso; fermented condiment usu. made from soybeans; innards (from crabs, shrimps, etc.) resembling miso; key (main) point; good part (of something); weakling
salt; common salt; hardship; toil; saltiness; cold
in the belly; in one's heart of hearts
flesh; meat; flesh (of a fruit); pulp; the physical body (as opposed to the spirit); flesh; thickness
to groan; to moan; to roar; to howl; to hum (engine, wind, etc.); to buzz; to ooh and aah (in admiration)
creaking; groaning (e.g. under physical stress)
to jar; to creak; to grate
to trample down; to tread on; to ignore; to spurn
sweetness; sugary taste; sweets; dessert; cake
in one's own way or style
soya bean (Glycine max); soybean; soy
to get dark; to grow dark; to end (of a day, year, season, etc.); to come to an end; to be sunk in (e.g. despair); to be lost in (e.g. thought)
role; assignment; position (of responsibility); post; part (in a play, film, etc.); role
close (e.g. in terms of relationship); intimate
to begin to say; to start talking; to broach (a matter); to be the first to say; to suggest (doing); to propose
woven mat (esp. one made of straw); (arch.) seat
-ical; -ive; -like; -ish; (something) like; along the lines of
unwillingly; grudgingly; shaking head in refusal (like a child); no!; no no!
pilchard (esp. Japanese pilchard, Sardinops melanostictus); sardine
holly olive (Osmanthus heterophyllus); false holly; holly; spotnape ponyfish (Leiognathus nuchalis)
counter for places, parts, passages, etc.
strict; severe; stringent; rigorous; rigid; firm
expectation; anticipation; prediction; forecast; conjecture
lines of the palm; aptitude; handwriting; apt move (in a go or shogi game); standard method
to graze (e.g. bullet); to scratch; to touch lightly; to take a percentage; to exploit; to squeeze
to take lessons in; to be taught; to learn (from a teacher); to study (under a teacher); to get training in
hair style; coiffure; hairdo
farmer; peasant; farming; the common people
modern times; the modern age; this day and age
quarrel; brawl; fight; squabble; scuffle; argument
reason; logic; sense; truth; right
police officer; policeman; constable
messenger; police and judicial chief (Heian and Kamakura periods); klesha (polluting thoughts such as greed, hatred and delusion, which result in suffering)
inspection; examination; survey
to warm oneself; to sun oneself; to warm up; to get warm
sticking; clinging; with a smack (e.g. sitting down); hard; all over; thickly
to rub; to chafe; to strike (match); to lose (e.g. a match); to forfeit; to squander one's money (e.g. through gambling, Pachinko, etc.)