shape; form; appearance; state; situation; suitable
number; edition; sobriquet; pen-name; size (of printing types, canvases, knitting needles, etc.); suffix attached to names of ships, trains, airplanes, etc.
more and more; all the more; at last; finally; (at the) last moment; worst possible time
ball (for sport, games, etc.); kemari; type of football played by courtiers in ancient Japan
ring; loop (of rope); halo (of an angel)
movement; transfer; migration; mobile; moving; traveling
to consult with; to discuss; to confer; to deliberate
to hold aloft (e.g. a sword); to brandish
landing place (for aircraft); common ground; compromise; agreement
jello (gelatin-based dessert); jelly; gel; jelly
shaking like a jelly; jellylike
to slacken; to loosen; to relax; to slack off (e.g. one's work, attention); to not put one's heart in
to draw (a thread); to let out (e.g. a rope); to head out as a group; to set out in large numbers; to send out one after another; to dispatch
to catch up (with); to draw level; to pull even; to be compensated; to make up for one's losses
to draw or pull something towards oneself (e.g. chair)
to throw out; to drop; to toss; to abandon; to neglect; to dismiss
tug of war (orig. a form of divination to predict whether the year will be favourable or unfavourable); forward puller (of a rickshaw)
to drag along; to pull; to force someone along; to prolong; to drag out; to influence strongly
to wind (thread, film, etc.)
to blink (one's eyes); to wink; to bat; to twinkle (e.g. stars); to flicker; to waver
breaking off; snapping off
to peek (through a keyhole, gap, etc.); to look down into (a ravine, etc.); to peek into (a shop, bookstore, etc.); to sneak a look at; to take a quick look at; to peep (through a telescope, microscope, etc.); to stick out (a scarf from a collar, etc.)
disappearance; vanishing; loss; dying away; wearing off
pale; pallid; bluish-white
super-; ultra-; extremely; really; over; more than
process; course; mechanism
mutually; with each other; reciprocally; together
China; Chūgoku region (western part of Honshu comprising the prefectures of Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi, Tottori and Shimane); central part of a country; main region; province of the second lowest rank (ritsuryo system)
preliminary step; first step
agglutination; adhesion; fusion; combination; blending; uniting
to gather in a circle; to form a circle
chimney; smokestack; funnel (of a ship); carrying a passenger without turning on the taximeter
to beat (e.g. eggs); to whip (e.g. cream); to whisk; to lather
inside; interior; inner part
to be gouged; to be hollowed; to become hollow