ingredient; (raw) material; unprocessed timber; raw timber; subject matter; topic
to fish; to angle; to catch; to lure in; to tempt; to attract
sometimes; at intervals; occasionally; on occasion; from time to time
pot; jar; dice cup; depression; basin (e.g. of a waterfall); aim; what one wants
to tickle; to tickle (one's curiosity, vanity, etc.); to arouse; to make laugh; to amuse
crevice; crack; spare moment; interval; chink (in one's armor, armour); unpreparedness
(confronting a problem, etc.) head-on; directly; outright; (lit.) from the front
falling lightly (e.g. snow, petals, confetti); fluttering; flickering; twinkling; appearing and disappearing; catching glimpses
tray; family; household; O-Bon; Bon Festival; gambler's den
shh!; sh!; shush!; shoo!; go away!
uninterested; unconcerned; plain; light; flowing gently
to take a long hard look at; to look (someone) full in the face
on a routine basis; regularly; habitually
longish; moderately long; somewhat long; fairly long
colouring; coloring; sex appeal (esp. of women); sexiness; interest in the opposite sex; sexual feelings; charm
thin; slender; fine; unlucky
naked; bare; uncovered; frank; open; blunt
silence (not speaking); muteness
nothing; naught; nought; un-; non-
two people alike; two of a kind; kissing cousins; cut from the same cloth
slight bow (as a greeting or sign of gratitude); nod; salutation; consideration; thoughtfulness
to drive away; to turn away; to send away; to repel; to repulse
to expand; to swell (out); to get big; to become inflated
(Okinawa) sacred site; sacred grove
literally; self-explanatorily
from the viewpoint of; according to
five colors (usu. red, blue, yellow, white and black); five colours; many kinds; varied; melon; gourd
classification; color coding; colour coding; color keying; colour keying; differentiation using different colors (colours)
(arch.) kariginu (informal clothes worn by the nobility from the Heian period onwards); (during the Edo period) patterned kariginu
to put on; to wear; to be clad in; to twine around; to twist around; to coil around
staff with plaited paper streamers