needle; pin; hook; stinger; thorn; hand (e.g. clock, etc.); pointer
unable to do (as one wishes); able to do only with great effort; almost impossible to do; beyond one's control; not always turning out as one wishes; not going the way one wants it to
having a headache; racking one's brains; troubling over something
paper lantern; Chinese lantern; Japanese lantern
gate; branch of learning based on the teachings of a single master; division; phylum; counter for cannons
grass; weed; (arch.) ninja; not genuine; substandard; LOL
scenery; scene; landscape; scene (e.g. of a crime)
out of focus; off the point
to be photographed; to be projected
finish; end; completion; result
clear; clearing (a bar, hurdle, etc.); overcoming; getting through; clearing (the ball); clearing (e.g. a checked box)
sake sold in a cup rather than a bottle; drinking sake from a regular-size cup rather than from a small sake cup
seafood seasoned with salt and sake then steamed
echo; reverberation; response; reaction; repercussions
to become better; to improve
PET bottle (clear plastic beverage bottle)
to twist; to turn; to writhe (e.g. in pain); to twist around; to turn in one's seat
and then; in addition to that; also; even so
hard to understand; incomprehensible; unintelligible
clanging; banging; throbbing (headache); pounding; fully; vigorously
guess; conjecture; surmise
in an instant; in a flash; right away; immediately
tasteless and odorless; bland
to cause trouble (for someone); to annoy; to bother; to inconvenience
with a start; in surprise; suddenly (realize, remember, etc.); all of a sudden; puffing (air); with a puff
to rise; to raise up; to straighten up; to sit up; to stand up
to give up on; to turn one's back (on); to abandon; to forsake; to dump (e.g. romantic partner)
plan to overcome an obstacle or break out of a deadlock; breakthrough solution
nimono; food cooked by boiling or stewing
teething fever; developmental fever; fever that brings with it an intellectual or psycho-developmental growth spurt
tap-tap; knock-knock; cough-cough; bark (of a fox); yelp; heavily (e.g. of snow falling)
raincoat; mackintosh; macintosh; trench coat
porcelain (esp. soft-paste porcelain); china; chinaware; earthenware; pottery; ceramics