protective household deity in Tōhoku, appearing as a red-faced child spirit with bobbed hair
rehearsal; rehabilitation
interior; inside; internal
candidacy; standing as a candidate; bidding (to host an event, e.g. the Olympics)
distributed, decentralized arrangement
konnyaku (Amorphophallus konjac); konjac; devil's tongue; konnyaku jelly; konjac jelly; devil's tongue jelly
obi; kimono sash; paper wrapper on books, CDs, etc.; band; belt; cingulum
last night; yesterday evening
reasoning; inference; deduction; mystery or detective genre
to slip into; to crawl into (under); to conceal oneself (under); to sneak into; to infiltrate
to sprinkle water on (something); to spray water on; to splash water on; to hinder; to hamper; to stifle
playing at (something); game of make-believe; something done together
merman; half man-half fish
plan; plot; idea; conception; vision; scheme
simulation; simulation (of a foul); diving; flopping
battle formation; camp; encampment; group; gang; war
withdrawal; revocation; repeal; demolition; removal
change; alteration; substitute; rate of exchange
arrow (symbol); (romantic) interest (for a certain person); direction (of one's attention, etc.)
paper lantern; Chinese lantern; Japanese lantern
model; type (e.g. of machine, goods, etc.); type; style; mold (mould); template; kata (standard form of a movement, posture, etc. in martial arts, sport, etc.)
light; right; right field; right fielder
faint; indistinct; dim; (arch.) few; (arch.) a little
the grass; grassy place (esp. with long dense grass)
lukewarm; tepid; disagreeably warm (e.g. bath)
another thing; exception; special case
to perfect; to detail; to polish; (arch.) to make (inside something)
leopard (Panthera pardus)
purple; violet; Lithospermum erythrorhizon (species of gromwell); type of soy sauce
idea; conception; way of thinking; approach; expression
leopardess; female leopard
myself; oneself; (arch.) I; (arch.) me; (arch.) you (referring to one's inferior)
to slacken; to loosen; to relax; to slack off (e.g. one's work, attention); to not put one's heart in