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)
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); seat
to wind; to coil; to envelope; to shroud; to outflank; to skirt
-ical; -ive; -like; -ish; (something) like; along the lines of
unwillingly; reluctantly; grudgingly; shaking one's head in refusal (like a child)
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
highest; uppermost; topmost; oldest; eldest
expectation; anticipation; prediction; forecast; conjecture
lines of the palm; aptitude; handwriting; tesuji; skillful, precise move which is the best or most efficient in a local position
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; country bumpkin; yokel; 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
investigator (esp. of an accident or a crime scene); fact-finding envoy; investigating a crime scene or unnatural death (Edo period); investigation; investigator of a crime scene or unnatural death (Edo period); attending as an official witness to a seppuku (Edo period)
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 squander (one's money); to run through (one's fortune); to lose money (e.g. by gambling)
vacant house; unoccupied house
perhaps; maybe; perchance; by some chance; by any chance