namasu; dish of raw fish and vegetables seasoned in vinegar
buttocks; behind; undersurface; bottom; last place; end
navel; belly button; protrusion or depression in the middle of an object; center; centre
offering ceremony held on the third day of the dog after the winter solstice; twelfth month of the lunisolar calendar; year in the Buddhist order (after the completion of the first meditation retreat)
year in the Buddhist order (after the completion of the first meditation retreat); becoming more experienced with age; social status based on this experience
piece of meat; lump of meat; the body; the flesh
lick; bottom card of the draw pile; (arch.) tasting (a nobleman's) medicine to see if it contains poison; (arch.) medicine taster
(arch.) fast-moving rowboat; type of fast military ship
counter for (small) boats
Japanese scull (oar attached to the rear of the boat by a traditional peg-in-hole oarlock)
grass; weed; (arch.) ninja; not genuine; substandard; LOL
moxa; Japanese mugwort (Artemisia princeps)
arista; awn; (grain) beard
Finland; (arch.) fragrant; (arch.) aromatic
leaf, branch with leaves, or paper placed under a serving dish or offering
giant butterbur (Petasites japonicus); Japanese sweet coltsfoot
strawberry (esp. the garden strawberry, Fragaria x ananassa)
strawberry (esp. the garden strawberry, Fragaria x ananassa)
cushion; pillow; mattress
extensive; spacious; vague; hazy
woven mat (esp. one made of straw); (arch.) seat
(flower) bud; promising young person; budding beauty
shell (e.g. of a pea); pod; hull
legume (esp. edible legumes or their seeds, e.g. beans, peas, pulses); bean; soya bean (Glycine max); soybean; female genitalia (esp. the clitoris); kidney; small
squirrel's foot fern (Davallia mariesii); Lepisorus thunbergianus (species of fern); color of clothing layers under one's overcoat (light green on blue); ancient women's hairstyle; clothing patterned using squirrel's foot fern
tobacco; cigarette; cigaret; tobacco plant (Nicotiana tabacum)
violet (any flower of genus Viola, esp. the Fuji dawn, Viola mandshurica)
legume (esp. edible legumes or their seeds, e.g. beans, peas, pulses); bean; soya bean (Glycine max); soybean; female genitalia (esp. the clitoris); kidney; small
floating weed; greater duckweed (Spirodela polyrhiza); precarious; unstable
common reed (Phragmites australis)
strong-smelling vegetable (esp. garlic, onion, Chinese chives, Chinese scallion, Japanese garlic); pungent vegetable (esp. ginger and water pepper)
10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various
cocklebur (Xanthium strumarium); cockleburr
Japanese mugwort (Artemisia princeps); mugwort (any plant of genus Artemisia); wormwood; sagebrush