indispensable; vital; fundamental; imperative; crucial; critical
griot; jeli; West African bard
mesh (of a net); half-tone (printing)
buttocks; lower back; waist; kimono underskirt
crow in the mountains; jungle crow (Corvus macrorhynchos); rook (species of crow, Corvus frugilegus); (arch.) dark-skinned person
reducing the floor space when remodeling a building
increase in a samurai's stipend
wooden plug; cork; tampion
blue shark (Prionace glauca, species of circumglobal requiem shark)
airport site; adjacent to airport
dragonet (any fish of family Callionymidae, esp. Richard's dragonet, Repomucenus richardsonii)
Kaluga (Russia); Kaluzh (Russia)
sanda; sanshou; Chinese boxing; Chinese kickboxing
kanji "hand" radical at left (radical 64)
demo version (of a video game); trial version
girl's lacquered wooden geta; wooden footwear; clogs; sabots
alcohol which must be drunk as a penalty
Japanese language; native Japanese words (as opposed to Chinese-derived words and other foreign loanwords)