to pollute; to contaminate; to soil; to disgrace; to dishonour; to dishonor
source; origin; cause; beginning; genesis
the south; southward; southern direction; countries in the south (esp. Southeast Asia and the pre-WWII South Pacific Mandate)
to run along; to run beside; to follow (a policy, plan, etc.); to act in accordance with; to meet (wishes, expectations, etc.); to satisfy
fence; hedge; barrier; wall; railing
to put to sleep; to lay (something) on its side
division; section; demarcation; partition; segmentation; subdivision
counter for flat objects (e.g. sheets of paper); (arch.) counter for positions or roles; (arch.) counter for food portions (now only gyōza and soba); counter for ranking level
reserve; spare; preparation; preliminaries
end; verge; extremity; miss; failure; blank (e.g. lottery ticket)
manuring; fertilization; fertilisation
movement; transfer; migration; mobile; moving; traveling
300; three hundred; 300 mon; trifling amount; shyster
potato (Solanum tuberosum)
to abuse; to exploit to the full; to give free rein to
(raised) footpath between rice fields; ridge between rice fields
(male) farmer; peasant; farmhand
agricultural; for agricultural use
to lay waste; to devastate; to invade; to break into; to troll (e.g. web forums); to spam
pipe; tube; channels, official or otherwise; (business) connections; tobacco pipe
to sit down (and refuse to move); to sit-in (in protest)
to mix; to stir; to blend
earth; soil; the earth (historically, esp. as opposed to the heavens); the ground; low-quality torinoko-gami (containing mud); (period of) refraining from construction in the direction of the god of the earth (in Onmyōdō)
lump; mass; group; crowd; embodiment (of an idea, quality, feeling etc.); personification
to freeze to; to be frozen to; to freeze in place; to be still
reason; principle; general principle (as opposed to individual concrete phenomenon); (in neo-Confucianism) the underlying principles of the cosmos
and; thereupon; because of that
to curry favour; to butter up; to fawn over; to humour someone (humor); to put in a good mood (e.g. a baby)
first class; first rank; one degree; one level; most; best
elegance; grace; article; item; counter for items (of food, etc.); counter for dishes or courses (at a restaurant)
to knead; to mix with fingers; to quibble; to argue for argument's sake
to unravel; to untie; to break into small pieces (of fish, meat, etc.); to relax; to ease
to smash; to crush; to shut down; to put out of business; to wreck; to break; to butcher
to roll; to wheel; to turn over; to tip over; to leave; to buy and sell (quickly for a profit)