to finish; to end; to close
gentle; mild; meek; tender
potato chip; potato crisp
some; several; many; how many; how much; very
beehive; hive; something full of holes; (fig.) Swiss cheese; beef reticulum; honeycomb tripe
to hurt; to smart; to sting
food (esp. staple food such as rice or wheat); provisions; rations; food supply
literature; books (reference); document
to kneel (in respect); to genuflect
leaving school (at the end of the day); getting out of school; coming home from school
corner; edge; (street) corner; turning; rough edges (of one's character, words, etc.); abrasiveness
to be left without means of sustenance; to be turned adrift in the streets; to be rendered homeless; to be out in the cold; to be down and out
to give candid advice; to give harsh but honest advice; to admonish
coercion; overpowering; overawing; daunting
early; right away; at once; early time; early stage (in one's life, etc.)
late summer heat; lingering summer heat
fault; trouble; damage (to a part of the body); injury; problem; hitch
han (estate of a daimyo in the Edo and early Meiji periods); feudal domain; fief; province
shrill; strident; sharp (pain, e.g. headache, earache); ice-cold; very cold
one's own judgement (judgment); decision made without consulting others; arbitrary decision; dogmatism
ice house; ice compartment; ice-making room
nylon track suit (when worn as street fashion); rattle-rattle; rustle-rustle; whisper-whisper
strawberry (esp. the garden strawberry, Fragaria x ananassa); 15,000 yen
Blue Hawaii (cocktail); Blue Hawaii (shaved ice flavoring)
unidentifiable; unidentified
bioterrorism; biological terrorism
gate (for entry, boarding, etc.); gate; logic element
to advise strongly; to insist (on something)
Susanoo (deity, younger brother to Amaterasu); Susanoo-no-Mikoto
eternity; permanence; perpetuity; Eikyū era (1113.7.13-1118.4.3)
sound of two hard thin objects rubbing together; crunch crunch
politics; government; peace; (arch.) medical treatment; (arch.) cure
obscene; indecent; lewd; bawdy; loose; improper
cannibalism; biting (someone); man-eating (e.g. tiger); cannibalistic
family breakdown; family disintegration; collapse of one's family
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
clear insight; resignation (to one's fate); acceptance
to torment; to pain; to inflict (physical) pain; to harass; to cause (emotional) pain; to afflict
contents (of a container, stomach, etc.); things inside
sink (e.g. in a kitchen); cruising (e.g. taxi); strolling (entertainer, musician, etc.); washing area (in a Japanese-style bath); back-washing service (in a public bath); floating (something on water)