to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)
to distinguish; to recognize; to recognise; to tell apart; to differentiate
to kick; to refuse; to reject; to stamp (on the ground); to firmly press one's feet (against something)
to become (a state, condition, etc.)
old poem (esp. waka); old song
fleeting; transient; short-lived; empty (dream, etc.); mere (hope); faint (possibility)
only; merely; but; no more than
fruition; fructification; bearing fruit; bearing fruit (of efforts, plans, etc.); coming to fruition; yielding success
prejudice; bias; distorted view
one (of a pair); incomplete; imperfect; few; little; off-centre
to scatter; to sprinkle; to distribute (handbills, etc.); to spread (rumours, etc.); to give the slip; to throw off
deep emotion; strong feelings
grass; weed; (arch.) ninja; not genuine; substandard; LOL
crop; crops; (agricultural) produce; farm products
grief; sorrow; anguish; lamentation
to taste; to savor; to appreciate; to enjoy; to experience; to go through
sentiment; sentimentality
(it was) not until; (it was) only when
the defensive; passive attitude; passivity; the passive; passive voice; ukemi (the art of falling safely)
participation; joining; entry; adherence
twenty-ninth day of the month; twenty-nine days
height (e.g. of summer); peak (e.g. of cherry blossom season); prime (of one's life); (one's) best days; (being in) heat; rut
combination; union; incorporation; congruence
collection of waka poems; anthology; songbook
to reel; to wind; to turn (pages); to flip through (a book); to count (e.g. the days); to open one-by-one
northern country; northern provinces; northern regions; northland
white; innocence; innocent person; blank space; white go stone; white dragon tile; skewered grilled pig intestine
each house; every house; many houses
daikon (variety of large white Oriental radish, Raphanus sativus var. longipinnatus); ham actor
to air; to dry; to drain (off); to drink up; to deprive of a role, job, etc.
early; a little earlier than usual; a little faster than usual; slightly quicker
openly; publicly; in public; formally; officially; duly
diagnosis; medical examination
indicates two contrasting actions; (arch.) indicates possessive (often found in place names and compound words)
group; bunch; crowd; group
cattle (Bos taurus); cow; beef; Chinese "Ox" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
to change; to shift; to come and go
hill; height; knoll; bonus points awarded to the winner at the end of a game
flies that appear in Tohoku and Hokkaido in late autumn or early winter (esp. the woolly apple aphid); flies that appear above fallen snow in the early spring (esp. certain species of small winter stonefly and true crane fly)