appetizer or snack served with drinks; performance to liven up a bar; conversation to liven up a party
kamado; traditional Japanese wood or charcoal-fueled cook stove
stain; spot; smudge; spot (on one's skin, e.g. chloasma, liver spot); blemish; discoloration
hollow; cavity; sunken place; (arch.) vagina; (arch.) female genitalia
spear; lance; javelin; lance; (arch.) jeering
government service; the bureaucracy
rule; (ruled) line; line (on a go board, shogi board, etc.)
paste similar to miso made from koji mold and salt water; watery mash left over from making soy sauce
zhen (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: thunder, east)
truth; reality; sincerity; honesty; (arch.) that's right
frog; kajika frog (Buergeria buergeri)
to become (a state, condition, etc.)
continuously in some state (for a long time, distance); throughout; much (better, etc.); by far; far away; long ago
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
cum (e.g. bedroom-cum-study); holding both roles (e.g. Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs); and; in addition; concurrently; at the same time
retro; nostalgic; old-fashioned
PC; personal computer; prestressed concrete; precast concrete; polycarbonate; political correctness; patrol car
eggplant (Solanum melongena); aubergine
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest
to rebuke; to scold; to tell off; to question persistently (in order to criticize or find fault with somebody)
ring; band; ring; circum-
depression; low spirits; luxuriant (of vegetation)
yen (Japanese monetary unit); circle
to seize; to catch; to obtain; to acquire; to understand; to grasp
refinement; elegance; grace
stock; share; stump; (clump of) roots; plant with attached roots or stem; strain (of bacteria, etc.); stock company
pert; tomboyish; impudent; (arch.) gallant; (arch.) chivalrous
shadow; silhouette; reflection; image; ominous sign; light (stars, moon)
immediately; right away; at once; instantly
always; all the time; never; usual; regular
like; similar to; as with; in the same way
imitation; fake; phony; pseudo-
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
rod; pole; neck (of a shamisen, etc.); shamisen; beam (i.e. the crossbar of a balance); single line (esp. as a flying formation for geese); penis
to manage; to take to heart
surely; undoubtedly; sternly; severely; having no slack; rigid
to rank next to; to come after
addition; increase; Canada
rhyme; rhyme (of a Chinese character); rime