omen; portent; sign; premonition; harbinger; precursor
Palace of the Dragon King; palace from the story of Urashima Tarō (said to be located at the bottom of the sea)
floor above; floor upstairs
basket (shopping, etc.); hamper; cage
to hold fast deep in (one's mouth or other orifice, often used in a sexual context); to bring in a man for sex
iron plate; steel plane; sure thing; certain winner
to plant; to grow; to insert; to transplant; to inoculate (e.g. an infectious agent); to instill (idea, value, etc.)
three colours; three colors; triple run; winning hand containing the same chow in each of the three suits; triple pung; winning hand containing the same pung in each of the three suits
stake; post; pile; (arch.) stump
to cross over (e.g. mountain); to go across; to get over (e.g. hardship); to pass time (e.g. a winter); to surpass; to be better than; to move house
giant kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera)
Marten's pearl oyster (Pinctada fucata martensii); Akoya pearl oyster
appreciation (of art, music, poetry, etc.)
popularity; public favor; condition (e.g. market); tone; character
descent; fall; drop; decline; downturn; subsidence
shape; appearance; collateral; obverse of an old "zeni" coin
district; county; district (of 2-20 50-home neighbourhoods or townships, in the ritsuryo period)
inspection; study by observation; field trip; sitting out (e.g. PE class)
type; pattern; shape; similar type; similar pattern
length and width; length and breadth; four cardinal points; every direction; as one wishes; as one pleases
ray (any fish of superorder Batoidea)
looks; personal appearance; features
card (information, filing, etc.); card (greetings, congratulations, etc.); (Western) playing cards; credit card; debit card; match; game
terminal; computer terminal; information access device (smartphone, tablet, book-reader, etc.); end (e.g. of a roll of film)
to get twisted; to get crooked; to become twisted (of a mind, relationship, etc.); to become warped; to become troubled; to become complicated
giant squid (Architeuthis martensi)
king of herrings (Regalecus glesne); oarfish; ribbonfish
this or that person; anybody; many people
to slap; to strike; to spank
shop; store; somebody who sells (something) or works as (something); somebody with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof
flounder (esp. the large-tooth flounders of family Paralichthyidae, but also lefteye flounders of family Bothidae); bastard halibut; olive flounder (Paralichthys olivaceus)
left-hand radical of a character
form; tense; adjective; i-adjective (in Japanese)
to be deeply impressed; to take to heart; to engrave on one's heart; to bear in mind; (lit.) to engrave in one's liver
sunlight; rays of the Sun
two reams (of paper); 1000 sheets (of paper); stanza; verse; tribe (in taxonomy); forecast (bet); bet which predicts the top 2 finishers (i.e. quinella or perfecta bet)
to soak; to steep; to macerate