heating element; electrically-heated wire
clothes; garment; gown; robe; coating (e.g. glaze, batter, icing)
to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)
combined miso (e.g. white and red)
distinction; discrimination; distinguishing; discernment
lye; harsh taste; bitter taste; scum (on a soup, broth etc.); (excessive) self-assertiveness; strong individuality
Yamagata (city, prefecture); mountain shape; chevron; cone
ruby; ruby character; small hiragana or katakana readings of kanji usually above or to the side of the kanji (esp. used by printers and in ref. to printed material); Ruby (programming language)
this and that; this or that; one thing or another; this way and that
to worry about; to be worried about; to fret about; to not know what to do; to be at a loss (as to what to do)
to feel depressed; to be down
to relax; to make oneself comfortable
piercing; shrill; noisy; loud; clamorous; wild
Japanese cedar (Cryptomeria japonica)
valley; ravine; cleavage (breasts); slum
shortcake (layered cream and fruit cake; in Japan, made with sponge cake)
humus; leaf mold; leaf mould; mulch
imperfect; incomplete; faulty; defective
butterfly net; net for catching insects
to swing downward; to bring down (one's sword, fist, etc.)
to slip through; to make one's way through quickly
Siebold's dragonfly (Anotogaster sieboldii); jumbo dragonfly
bamboo screen; rattan blind; bamboo mat (for rolling sushi)
to fall and pile up (e.g. snow); to lie thick
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
to be dizzy; to be disoriented; to be dazzled; to be lost in (greed, lust, etc.)
fingers; fingertips; underling; stooge; tool
forcibly; against one's will
in the future; another day; later
to permit; to allow; to forgive; to pardon; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to acknowledge
one flower; one wheel; (arch.) full moon
quarrel; brawl; fight; squabble; scuffle; argument
reconciliation; make peace with
coating of snow; blanket of snow
information; experience; observation; seeing and hearing
graduation; completion (of a course); moving on (from); outgrowing (something); leaving (a group, company, etc.)
and; or; and the like; and so forth; and what not
very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly