hairy; thickly haired; shaggy
shrill voice; piercing cry; shriek; scream
the country; countryside; outskirts; suburbs; presence; being in attendance
draining basket (traditionally made of bamboo); colander; something full of holes; zaru soba; strong drinker; someone who can drink like a fish
calm; composed; cool; quiet
thin arm; slender arm; slender means; meager ability to earn a living
crack; crevice; fissure; chap; rift
foreign substance; foreign body; strange object; unusual object; (arch.) dead body; (arch.) corpse
tortoise; turtle; heavy drinker; turtle crest; turtle mon
no matter how much time passes
to die down (storm, anger, conflict, etc.); to calm down; to be at peace; to be governed well; to subside (of pain, symptoms, etc.); to be alleviated
losing one's virginity; defloration
body and soul; mind and body
to have a certain mood or feeling; to have a hunch
mountain; hill; mine (e.g. coal mine); heap; pile; crown (of a hat); thread (of a screw)
absence; being away from home; house-sitting; house-sitter; being left unattended to (of one's studies, etc.); neglecting
infection; contagion; becoming infected
method of treatment; cure; remedy
to suffer; to receive (kindness, rebuke, support); to sustain (damage)
control; management (e.g. of a business)
to stay overnight; to stop (e.g. at a hotel)
cancellation; rescinding; release; calling off; lifting (sanctions); delisting
very likely; very probable
entering a room; studying under a Buddhist teacher
illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold); disease; bad habit; bad behaviour; crazy; insane
counter for long and narrow things such as guns, scissors, spades, hoes, inksticks, palanquins, candles, jinrikishas, shamisen, oars, etc.
cannot be helped; unavoidable
not necessarily so; is not always true
laboratory; seminar room; professor's office
above ground; on the ground; earth's surface; this world; this earth
at regular intervals; evenly spaced
assignment (of a person to somewhere); attachment (of a person to another unit, organization, etc.)
peculiarity; uniqueness; characteristic
patience; perseverance; persistence; tenacity; energy
ID card; identification card
to be stormy; to be rough; to be rough (of skin); to be chapped; to be ruined; to fall into ruin