first rank in the senior class (in martial arts, go, etc.); lowest rank; one dan
type B (blood, influenza, hepatitis, etc.)
Taurus (constellation); the Bull
person's origin (e.g. city, country, parentage, school)
Kanagawa prefecture (Kanto area)
highway (esp. one existing from the Edo period); main road; highway (e.g. to success); path (to becoming ...); subdistrict (in China)
author (usu. of a particular book); writer
welcome!; nice to see you!
to go; to come; to be defeated; to collapse; to be annoyed; to be nonplussed
secondhand bookshop; antiquarian bookshop
guest; visitor; customer; client; shopper
light; easy; non-serious; minor
house; one's house; one's home; one's family
to assume the posture of praying; to press the palms and fingers of both hands together; to beg; to make a supplication; to see (something or someone of high status)
to rub together (e.g. one's hands)
yo!; hello there!; wow!; oh!; yah! (yell)
mark; sign; symbol; emblem; badge; crest
ceiling; ceiling price; (price) ceiling
to smash; to crush; to shut down; to put out of business; to wreck; to break; to butcher
with a click; with a snap; ornamental clip (hair, obi, etc.)
foundation (garment, cream, etc.)
variety; kind; type; counter for kinds, species, etc.
cosmetics; toilet articles
absorption; suction; attraction
to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to provide; to afford; to assign; to cause
to keep (a pet or other animal); to have; to own; to raise; to rear; to feed
suffocation; choking; asphyxia
breeding; raising; rearing
paulownia (Paulownia tomentosa); empress tree; foxglove tree
flock from a vine-seed weed, used for face powder, and believed to promote desire and happiness; animal from popular folklore with a white fluffy down made from dandelions and a rabbit's tail resembling a fluffy hairball
ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pile (of noodles, etc.); bullet
ping-pong; table tennis; exactly!; surely!; ding dong (sound of door bell, chime, etc.)
lump; mass; group; crowd; embodiment (of an idea, quality, feeling etc.); personification
to gather in large numbers (of people); to hang out (as a large group); to assemble (as a military unit or posse); to be quartered (in a particular location)
pilling; lint; furball; hairball; trichobezoar
to dance (orig. a whirling dance); to flutter about; to revolve
counter for occurrences; a time; an instance; inning (baseball); round; episode; chapter
splendid; nice; sufficient; fine (in the sense of "I'm fine"); well enough; OK
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
et cetera; etc.; and the like; and so forth
to amass; to accumulate; to store; to leave unpaid