wooden building; wooden architecture
calm; graceful; quiet; mellow; damp; moist
stone weight (as used on pickle-tub covers); weight (as used in balances)
four corners; four ordinal directions
to gather in a circle; to form a circle
neighbour to the right (person, building, etc.)
arrangement (of resources); deployment; stationing; posting; disposition; configuration
some; few; somewhat; to a certain extent; (arch.) many; (arch.) a lot
to starve; to be famished; to be hungry; to be starved of (e.g. love); to be thirsty for (e.g. knowledge); to be hungry for
to shake; to jolt; to rock (cradle); to blackmail; to extort; to shake down
expression; look; countenance; face
rolled egg; rolled omelette (omelet); fried egg; frying pan for making rolled eggs
kombu (usu. Saccharina japonica); konbu; kelp; any edible species from the family Laminariaceae
vegetables or fish boiled in soy sauce
former name for makushita division
result; effect; performance; success
scattering (e.g. in statistics); scatter; dispersion; variation
to perceive; to grasp (the situation)
handwork; handcraft; manual labor; manual labour; working with one's hands
merciless; ruthless; pitiless; unfeeling
uneven; irregular; non-uniform; unsorted; odd; miscellaneous
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to have sex with; to make love to; to sit on (eggs); to brood
to take the lead (of a group of people); to lead (a toast, cheer, etc.); to sing the leading notes of a song after which others join in
oh well, fine; fine, I guess; alright, I suppose; OK, then
pursuit (of a goal, ideal, etc.); search; chase; seeking after
abandonment; renunciation; resignation; abdication (responsibility, right)
faint; indistinct; dim; (arch.) few; (arch.) a little
small amount; jot; nothing much; (to a) slight degree; wee bit
to memorize; to memorise; to commit to memory; to learn by heart; to bear in mind; to remember
well; properly; best regards; please remember me; just like ...; as though one were ...
no!; no no!; no, not at all
to shake one's head (in denial)
bento; Japanese box lunch
boorish; inelegant; unpolished; unromantic; tactless
fortunately; luckily; thankfully
being average (capacity, looks) (as good as anyone); mediocrity
ability; competency; talent; skill; capacity