unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate
Manchurian wild rice (Zizania latifolia)
to examine someone's expression
some; few; somewhat; to a certain extent; (arch.) many; (arch.) a lot
to pretend to be tough; to put on a brave front; to whistle in the dark; to bluff
service; duty; business; Buddhist religious services
sigh (of grief, disappointment, etc.); grieving; lamenting; deploring
to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
to enter (house, room, etc.); to step in
to collect; to gather; to arrange; to put in order; to make uniform; to make even
to cut corners; to be shoddy
earth; soil; the earth (historically, esp. as opposed to the heavens); the ground; low-quality torinoko-gami (containing mud); (period of) refraining from construction in the direction of the god of the earth (in Onmyōdō)
to paint; to plaster; to lacquer; to varnish; to spread; to smear
school badge; school emblem; school insignia
Mino paper (var. of Japanese paper)
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
pillar; post; support; prop; counter for buddhas, gods, nobles, etc.
skin; hide; rind; peel; shell; sheath
naturally growing tree; tree that does not grow in a tree plantation
chamfering; beveling; bevelling; rounding the edges (of a vegetable); trimming the corners
straight grain; quartersawn grain
Japanese cedar (Cryptomeria japonica)
combination; assortment; matching (in a contest); pairing; combination
prism; polygonal (esp. square) pillar; bamboo
resin; (tobacco) resin; tar; sleep (in one's eyes, i.e. eye mucus)
to print (on); to insert (an illustration); to stencil (a pattern); to instill (a thought, impression, etc.); to imprint (e.g. on one's subconscious)
moderate; proper; just right
to cause; to induce; to bring about; to pull upright; to help up (e.g. a fallen person)
new building; new construction
characteristic (of); peculiar (to)
skillful; adroit; craft; craftsmanship; plot; scheme
to erase; to delete; to turn off (power); to switch off; to extinguish; to put out
element; chemical element; (classical) element (e.g. earth, water, air, fire); (arch.) origin; (arch.) source
flowering plant; flower; ornamental plant
to insert; to put in; to plant (a cutting); to strike; to arrange (flowers); to wear (a sword) in one's belt
poor excuse (of a); nearly non-existent; barely sufficient; token (effort, etc.); symbolic