character; personality; (fictional) character; letter; character
concentration; focusing; convergence; within a collection of works
loose; slack; gentle (slope, curve); slow (speed); lenient; liberal
beach; seashore; captured pieces (in the game of go); captured stones; Yokohama; (arch.) riverbank
retreating figure; appearance from behind
heat haze; shimmer of hot air
parasol (esp. one carried in the hand); sunshade
one's nature; one's feelings; plain; unadorned; mere; poor
coat; tunic; jacket; outer garment
hem; (trouser) cuff; bottom part; bottom edge; foot (of a mountain); tips (of hair)
(a) little; (a) few; slight; only; just; merely
sexual desire; sex drive; lust
desire; want; will; wish; urge; craving
hitting the target; striking home; proving to be right; coming true; being on the mark
sex; sexual intercourse; (one's) sex; gender
period (of life) when one is enjoying more romantic attention than usual
middle-aged man; Buddhist priest
to be temperate in; to refrain; to make notes; to jot down (e.g. phone number); to be in preparation for; to be in waiting for
to this extent; to this degree; this much
small; little; slight; below average (in degree, amount, etc.); low (e.g. sound); soft (e.g. voice)
surface; face (i.e. the visible side of an object); front (of a building, etc.); obverse side (i.e. "head") of a coin; outside; exterior; appearance
married couple; husband and wife; man and wife; his and hers; pair of objects, one larger (for man), one smaller (for woman)
hole; opening; pit; hollow; burrow; den; deficit
to be buried; to be covered; to overflow; to be crowded; to be repaid (e.g. debt); to be replenished
monopoly; monopolization; exclusivity; hogging; keeping to oneself
to jar; to creak; to grate
to contain; to comprise; to hold in the mouth; to bear in mind; to understand; to express (emotion, etc.)
to inhale; to breathe in; to suck up; to absorb; to soak up
record of war; war chronicle; commentaries of war; military history
head (of a household, etc.); leader; owner; proprietor; subject (of a rumour, etc.); doer (of a deed); guardian spirit (e.g. long-resident beast, usu. with mystical powers)
(arch.) eastern Japan (esp. Kamakura or Edo, from perspective of Kyoto or Nara); (arch.) eastern provinces; (arch.) east; wagon; yamatogoto; my spouse