to be dampened (of the mood, interest, etc.); to be spoiled (e.g. of the atmosphere); to become subdued; to turn white; to fade (to white); to grow light (at dawn)
to feign ignorance; to pretend to be ignorant of; to play innocent; to brazen it out
white vegetables or fish simmered without soy sauce
shirataki noodles; white noodles made from konjak starch, often used in sukiyaki; waterfall resembling a white sheet
whitecaps; white-crested waves; thief
Japanese white birch (Betula platyphylla var. japonica)
swan (Cygnus spp.); white-feathered bird
white gem (esp. a pearl); rice flour dumpling; white-flowered camellia
plain wood; unfinished woodwork
heron with all-white plumage (incl. egrets); white heron
white flag; truce flag; surrender flag
growing light (e.g. at dawn); pale; appearing dumb; talking in an obvious way
to feign ignorance; to pretend to be ignorant of; to play innocent; to brazen it out
white plum blossoms; white Japanese apricot; white-blossomed plum
white paper; flyleaf; blank paper; clean slate; lack of prior opinion, positions, etc.; scratch
white plaster wall; tofu; bean curd
white sandbar; white sandbank; area in a garden or entrance of a house laid with white sand or pebbles; gravel separating a noh stage from the audience; (arch.) court of law in the Edo period, in which the parties sat on white sand
disenchantment; apathy; spoiled fun; turn-off
unflavored rice porridge; rice porridge made of only white rice and water
salad dressed with tofu, white sesame, and white miso
(arch.) starched white uniform worn by menservants of government officials; something pasted with plain white paper (e.g. umbrella, lantern)
to polish (rice); to refine; to purify
seafood grilled without seasoning; unglazed ceramic ware
white bush clover; Lysimachia fortunei (species of loosestrife)
being fast asleep (and totally unaware of what is going on around one); know-it-all manner
quercus myrsinifolia; bamboo Leaved Oak; quercus myrsinaefolia
unflavored rice porridge; rice porridge made of only white rice and water
amateur; layman; respectable woman (i.e. not a prostitute, hostess, geisha); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute
white hair; grey hair; gray hair
polished rice; (uncooked) white rice
white background; blank; female virgin
(plain) hot water; boiled water
Japanese white birch (Betula platyphylla var. japonica)
icefish (Salangidae spp., esp. the Japanese icefish, Salangichthys microdon); noodlefish; whitebait
white-coloured skin; vitiligo; leucoderma; leukoderma
white clay; white earth; kaolin; mortar
woman who puts thick white powder on her neck; low class prostitute
flea-bitten gray (horse coat color); flea-bitten grey
Eurasian collared dove (Streptopelia decaocto); collared dove
Carex alopecuroides var. chlorostachya (species of sedge)
light chestnut (horse coat color)
shrill voice; unaccompanied part of the Heike Monogatari chanting; part of an unaccompanied poem (in noh)
Japanese glass shrimp (Pasiphaea japonica)
steamed unflavoured glutinous rice; mochi rice
collector urchin (Tripneustes gratilla)
Shirasawa Station (Kagoshima)