to warm (e.g. one's hands over a fire); to dry; to toast; to grill; to broil
favorite; favourite; habitually used
writing brush; paintbrush; writing with a brush; drawing with a brush; writing (composing text); the written word
huge; vast; enormous; swelling; expansion
to gain in skill; to improve; to get better
all green; winning hand consisting only of exclusively green tiles (green dragons and suited bamboo tiles of the numbers 2, 3, 4, 6 and 8)
precise; exact; detailed; accurate; minute; close
eyetooth; cuspid; canine (tooth); dogtooth
unselfishness; wanting little
to stake; to risk; to bet; to wager
court (of law); courtroom
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
swelling; enlargement; becoming fat; hypertrophy
to be pregnant; to be with child
deep pool; deep water; abyss; depths (e.g. of despair, etc.); grip (e.g. of death)
loose; slack; gentle (slope, curve); slow (speed); lenient; liberal
barely; narrowly; only just; with difficulty
to burn; to be roasted; to be heated; to be jealous; to be envious
feeling good; feeling at ease; feeling easy
canopy; dome; priestly minstrel's reed hood; reed hood worn by Komuso priests
sixth day of the month; six days
to fall fast asleep; to be confined to one's bed; to be laid up
longitudinal winding; curling (e.g. hair)
small; little; slightly less than; just about; somewhat; somehow
traditional cap worn by Shinto clergy and courtiers; crown; diadem; top kanji radical; first verse of a haikai, etc.; best; peerless
to raise an objection; to voice an opinion different from those of others
hanetsuki (Japanese badminton); battledore and shuttlecock
skull (esp. weatherbeaten, used as symbol of death); death's head; cranium
frank; direct; plain; straightforward; point-blank; concise
camouflage; disguise; pretense; feigning; masquerade
sweet pea (Lathyrus odoratus)
ghost; revenant; spirit (of the dead); departed soul
whispering; whisper; secret talk; murmur
rendezvous; tryst; (lover's) meeting; (secret) date