(husked grains of) rice; staple (product, etc.); necessity
space; room; vacancy; opening; free time; time to spare
to vacuum; to clean with a vacuum cleaner
kitchen door; back door; service door; host's entrance to a tea-ceremony room
finely chopped fish or meat (sometimes seared first); mince; hitting (e.g. a drum); striking; bashing; criticizing
(death from) starvation; starving to death
bowl of rice topped with egg
near; close; beside; attendant; retainer; vassal
district; section; sector
encompassing; covering (exhaustively); including (all of); comprising; comprehending
growth period (in children)
good performance; good work; great success
father and child; father and son; father and daughter
deviation; inclination; offset; polarization; polarisation
(it) goes without saying; needn't be said; that should rather be left unsaid
sunflower (Helianthus annuus)
to bless; to show mercy to; to give (money, etc.)
to behave like a spoiled child; to behave like a spoilt child; to fawn on; to depend and presume upon another's benevolence
related (by blood); blood-related; of the same blood
departed spirit; soul of the dead; ghost; apparition
the rounds of tradesmen going door to door; route man; door-to-door tradesman; thief taker; secret policeman
heated (e.g. debate); passionate
release; emission; ejection
expresses a firm view or feeling; please ...; would you ...
Japanese apricot (Prunus mume); Japanese plum; ume; lowest (of a three-tier ranking system)
strained back; slipped disk; lumbosacral strain
John Doe; person of unknown name; (arch.) country bumpkin
athlete's foot; water boatman (esp. species Hesperocorixa distanti); Asellus hilgendorfi (species of aquatic sowbug)
counselling service (counseling); life matters advice service
(corporate) bankruptcy; insolvency; commercial failure; failed business
debt; loan; liabilities; borrowing money
face; honour; meld; lineup (of players participating in a mahjong game); attendees (e.g. at a meeting); members
beauty contest to name Miss ...
nap; short sleep; first sleep of silkworms