column; beam; girder; digit; decade; order of magnitude
tail (animal); tail end; tip
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
opponent; rival; adversary; menace; danger; threat
to get blurred; to get hoarse; to get husky; to graze; to scrape
assertion; declaration; affirmation
pitcher; water jug; watering can; container of fresh water for replenishing the kettle and rinsing bowls (tea ceremony)
water (esp. cool, fresh water, e.g. drinking water); fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid; flood; floodwaters; water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout
to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress
troublesome; bothersome; tiresome; annoying
appearing that; seeming that; looking like; having the appearance of
feel (of a material); texture
to be noisy (e.g. from people talking); to be discomposed (e.g. feelings)
mind; heart; spirit; the meaning of a phrase (riddle, etc.)
unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate
to shut out one's opponents; to stop the other side from scoring
jūbako; multi-tiered food box; heavy; serious; extreme; -fold
to scheme; to plan; to play a trick; to invent; to conspire; to frame up
to be of benefit; to be useful; to be good for you
sure; certain; reliable; trustworthy; If I'm not mistaken; If I remember correctly
to stop; to turn off; to park; to prevent; to suppress (a cough); to stop (someone from doing something); to dissuade
yew plum pine (Podocarpus macrophyllus)
incitement; sedition; agitation; abetting
after (a long process); at the end of; last line (of a renga)
now that you say that; now that you mention it
root (of a plant); root (of a tooth, hair, etc.); center (of a pimple, etc.); root (of all evil, etc.); source; one's true nature
fame; popularity; reputation
water and sky; Varuna; Vedic god of water and sky (adopted into Buddhism as god of water and protector of the west)
palace; tonic (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); ancient Chinese punishment (castration for men, or confinement for women); zodiacal sign
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
meagre; meager; scarce; limited; destitute; hard up
to wave a flag; to show the way
to accept (e.g. an explanation); to be satisfied (with); to assent (to)
steady; firm; solid; secure
such a stupid ...; what a crazy ...; no way!; what nonsense!; how can that be?