binding hand and foot; temporary feeling of paralysis; sleep paralysis; being tied down with money
to be solved; to be resolved; to loosen; to come untied; to be removed (of restrictions); to be lifted (e.g. a ban)
respect and affection; love and respect
at hand; on hand; way of moving one's arms; skill; money at hand; pocket money
tree; shrub; bush; wood; timber
polished rice; (uncooked) white rice
umeboshi; pickled dried ume; pickled dried plum
finely chopped katsuobushi, sometimes with soy sauce
onigiri; rice ball (often triangular, sometimes with a filling and wrapped in nori)
tool; means; ingredients (added to soup, rice, etc.); counter for sets of armor, utensils, furniture, etc.
pot; jar; dice cup; depression; basin (e.g. of a waterfall); aim; what one wants
circumference; girth; surroundings; neighbourhood; people surrounding oneself; surrounding circumstances
in; on; at (place); as for; regarding
cod roe (roe of any fish from family Gadidae, esp. salted walleye pollack roe)
dispersion; scattering; spreading out; diffusion
nori; laver; edible seaweed, usu. Porphyra yezoensis or P. tenera, usu. dried and pressed into sheets
(one's) exclusive use; private use; dedicated use; use for a particular purpose; exclusive use (of particular products); using only (e.g. a certain brand)
supper; night meal; late-night snack; "fourth meal"; midnight snack
chopping board; cutting board
to become rounded; to roll into a ball
round; circular; curved; smooth; harmonious; calm
many; much; plenty; hardly
to be placed on; to be set on; to be piled on; to appear (in print); to be mentioned; to be recorded
to sound shrill (of a voice); to sound high-pitched and excited; to get excited; to become restless; to be thrown too high; to come in high
to become hungry; to get an empty stomach
to take; to carry (something) away; to bear
Ming dynasty (China, 1368-1644)
to become a little hungry; to become a bit peckish
eating with one's fingers; snitching food; snatched food; embezzlement; misappropriation; flirting
manners; behavior; behaviour
to be taken aback; to be astonished; to be dumbfounded
(a) stop (e.g. in a timber joint, or at the end of a kanji stroke); remaining (e.g. poste-restante); forty-five degree angle
innumerable; countless; numberless
unshapely; ill-formed; misshapen; awkward; clumsy
weak point; unskillfulness
to make round; to roll up; to seduce; to cajole; to round off (a fraction); (arch.) to lump together
clumsy; awkward; tactless; awkward (e.g. socially); (arch.) mean; (arch.) cowardly
world; society; life; lifetime; age; era; reign
how; in what way; by what means
to cover (smear, sprinkle) (with)