concept; general idea; notion; intention; aim; design
inconsistent; illogical; unconvincing; not thorough; indefinite; half-way
there is no need to; it is fine if you don't; unnecessary; does not match; out of reach of
national customs and manners; provincial song or ballad; waka (classical Japanese poetry, as opposed to Chinese poetry)
to crowd out; to push out; to start together; to set out en masse; to highlight; to draw attention to
desirable; hoped for; preferable; advisable
favorite (to win); favourite; likely winner; one's heart's desire; first choice
yawn; yawning; kanji "yawning" radical (radical 76)
to get strong; to gain strength
bamboo grass; generally smaller species of running bamboo that do not shed their sheaths (e.g. Sasa spp.)
fast walking; semi-jogging
smallish; on the small side; somewhat small; short swing of a bat, racquet, etc.
state (US, Australia, India, Germany, etc.); province (e.g. Canada); continent; (arch.) dear
city; Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly
any- (e.g. anything, anywhere, anyone); -ever (e.g. whatever, wherever, whenever); even (if it's just ...); at least; either ... or ...
persistence; fortitude; indomitability
to have a (rough) idea (of what the situation is)
characteristic (of); peculiar (to)
to project; to stick out; to stand out
automatically responding with an upload slot to someone who allows you to download (e.g. in P2P systems)
only recently; just of late
to shift; to slide (e.g. something away from something else); to move (e.g. something out of the way); to put off; to delay; to postpone
rare; uncommon; rare; lightly cooked; rhea (bird of family Rheidae); Rhea (Greek goddess)
period of time (usu. a period of approx. two hours corresponding to one of the signs of the Chinese zodiac); carving; engraving; victory; strictness; cruelty
conduct of business; management; acting as agent (of a land owner, house owner, etc.); being in charge (of a house, etc.)
modesty; humility; being humble
to be wet; to be moist; to get dim; to become blurred; to become tear-choked
actually; in fact; as a matter of fact
historic; historical; traditional
imperial capital (esp. Kyoto); final word of an iroha poem; 10^16; 10,000,000,000,000,000
coating (esp. lacquering)
great person; eminent figure
purple; violet; Lithospermum erythrorhizon (species of gromwell); type of soy sauce