character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")
feature; trait; characteristic; peculiarity; distinction
Japanese league; ri; neighbourhood (under the ritsuryo system; orig. of 50 homes); unit of area (approx. 654m by 654m)
tree; shrub; bush; wood; timber
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
village; hamlet; countryside; country; home (of one's parents, etc.); hometown
top of ...; head of ...; the moment that ...
counter for stories, episodes of TV series, etc.
red; crimson; red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange); Red (i.e. communist); red light (traffic); red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading); (in) the red
feather; plume; wing; shuttlecock (in badminton)
to glare at; to scowl at; to stare intensely at; to examine carefully; to estimate; to guess
to feel (as if); to have a feeling (that); to have a hunch (that); to feel like doing; to want to do
indescribable; having no way to express
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
Zen monk's early morning meal; refreshment; cakes; simple Chinese food; dim sum
manjū; steamed yeast bun with filling
red bean paste; red bean jam; kudzu sauce; filling (of a dumpling, etc.); filling; stuffing
simple; plain; modest; frugal; reserved
to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned
instead of; in place of; as a substitute for; in exchange for; in return for; to make up for
greens; vegetables; rape (Brassica napus); rapeseed
remnant; residue; remaining; left-over
vegetables or fish boiled in soy sauce
to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)
delicious; tasty; sweet; attractive; appealing; convenient
until now; so far; up to the present
going out; outing; leaving (one's home, office, etc.)
ladybug (Harmonia axyridis); ladybird
combination; assortment; matching (in a contest); pairing; combination
satisfaction; pride; one's strong point; one's forte; regular customer; regular client
to pass (of time); to elapse
finally; at last; barely; narrowly; gradually; little by little
name; given name; first name
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
same village; same town; same province
black; black go stone; guilt; guilty person