passing (a test, examination, etc.); pass (for admission, transport, etc.); ticket; pass (of a ball); (giving something a) pass; skipping (one's turn)
Chinese "Hairy Head" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); Pleiades; Seven Sisters
attendance; presence; appearance
wise; sensible; well-advised; intelligent; sagacious; prudent
infancy; childish; infantile; immature
a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago
calm; composed; cool; quiet
company; lot; bunch; troupe; company (of musicians)
the other day; lately; recently
to grow up; to become an adult
here and there; all around; everywhere; to get things in the wrong order (back to front); to become muddled up
to spout out; to spurt out; to sprout; to bud; to burst into laughter; to blow (smoke, etc.)
sympathy; empathy; response
to say something additional; to add (to what was said before)
unnatural; artificial; affected; strained
omission; abbreviation; abridgment; abridgement
sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas)
ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pile (of noodles, etc.); bullet
ritual music and dancing in shrines and temples; rice dance; rice festival; tofu (or fish, etc.) baked and coated with miso; turning something in the manner one would use to cook dengaku-tofu on both sides
oden; dish of various ingredients, e.g. egg, daikon, potato, chikuwa, konnyaku, etc. stewed in soy-flavored dashi
eggplant (Solanum melongena); aubergine
eggplant (Solanum melongena); aubergine
grasping; gripping; handful; fistful; handle; grip; rice ball
onigiri; rice ball (often triangular, sometimes with a filling and wrapped in nori)
secret language of court ladies (Muromachi period)
origin; source; history; originally; from the start; by nature
to find fault with other people rather than oneself; (for the pot) to call the kettle black
deviation; inclination; offset; polarization; polarisation
place of residence; dwelling place
Kōchi prefecture (Shikoku)
Shizuoka prefecture (Chūbu area)
as a child; when one was a child
to invent a pretext for a quarrel; to pick a fight