pebbles; gravel; boulder formed from gravel and sediment
shortish; rather short; somewhat short
guard on sword, polearms, etc.; flange; brim; visor (e.g. of a hat)
to sharpen; to hone; to wash (rice); to scour; to polish
high-quality goods; choice goods
user; consumer; master (e.g. of swordsmanship); prodigal; spendthrift
to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to delete; to erase
to warp; to curve; to arch; to bend backward (body or body part, e.g. fingers)
tool; implement; means; furniture
book; volume; this; present; main; head
to tie up in a bundle (e.g. straw, hair, bills, letters); to bundle; to govern; to manage; to fold (one's arms); to put together (one's hands)
before very long; soon; someday; one of these days; sooner or later
to hide; to keep to oneself
to attach; to stick together; to place together; to put side-by-side; to make someone get married; to get someone hitched
high place; high altitude; heights; broad view
to guess; to conjecture; to surmise
certain; sure; definite; reliable; sound; solid
play equipment; playground equipment
but; however; provided that
advantage; point in favor; point in favour
to create; to bring forth; to invent; to think up and bring into being; to give birth to; to bear
source (of a river); fountainhead; source; origin; root
cotton plant (Gossypium spp.); batting; wadding; padding
alias; pseudonym; pen name; nom de plume; different name; other name
to wear (sword, decoration, etc.); to carry; to be entrusted (e.g. with a mission); to take on; to have a trace of; to be tinged with
strict; severe; stringent; rigorous; rigid; firm
restriction; restraint; binding; constraint
number of people; population; human head
to copy; to imitate; to counterfeit; to forge
distorted; crooked; oval; elliptical shape; round, wooden container for cooked rice; oval coin
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)
work; workmanship; craftsmanship; artifice; trick; device
depression; lowlands; low ground; bottom land; plain
remains; traces; (the sorrow of) parting; end
marked; pronounced; showing a strong tendency (towards)
merit; success; meritorious deed; achievement; accumulated experience
general idea; concept; notion
incarnation; embodiment; realization; giving concrete form (to)