neck; head; dismissal; discharge
to bend; to crook; to lean; to tilt; to bend (the truth); to distort
distant view; looking from a distance; good long distance vision; farsightedness
the end; the extremity; the limit; the limits; the result
growing thickly; growing densely
bamboo (any grass of subfamily Bambusoideae); middle (of a three-tier ranking system)
to stop up; to close up; to stand in the way; to obstruct; to occupy; to fill up
to force one's way; to push through
grounds (esp. of shrines and temples); compound; churchyard; precincts
very loose; slowly; leisurely
slow motion (video); moving slowly; moving leisurely
slow; sluggish; dull; lax; sloppy; lenient
to come apart; to unravel; to come loose; to become disarrayed (e.g. hair)
nape of the neck; back of the neck; scruff of the neck
to throw down; to throw out; to abandon; to resign; to give freely; to give generously
to sit down (and refuse to move); to sit-in (in protest)
gravel; ballast; pebbles; child; rugrat; ankle-biter
to dig up; to dig out; to pick (nose, teeth, etc.); to pry into; to examine closely; to dredge up
rapidly; vigorously; by leaps and bounds; steadily
speed; velocity; pace; velocity
quick; swift; nimble; quick (understanding, judgement, etc.); alert; prompt
innocent; cherubic; childlike
to turn one's back on; to be uninterested in
form; tense; adjective; i-adjective (in Japanese)
mirror; looking-glass; barrel head; page added at the beginning of a document mentioning its purpose, date, author, etc.; mirror-shaped mochi
to have a certain mood or feeling; to have a hunch
single-storied house; single-storied building
storehouse with thick (earthen) walls; godown
to cross; to go across; to go through; to cut across
to stick through; to force through; to spread throughout; to thoroughly diffuse; to make a path between two points; to proceed in a logical manner; to let pass
engawa; external corridor on the outer side of traditional Japanese houses; bone at the base of a fin; meat at the base of a fin (esp. of a flatfish)
to face on; to look out on to
tokonoma (alcove where art or flowers are displayed)
to arrange (flowers); to plant
shallow bowl for displaying flowers, bonsai, etc.
Kyoto and vicinity (esp. during Edo period); Kyoto-Osaka region; Kansai region