voice; speech; sound of a voice; sound (e.g. of a TV)
running; gliding; first (harvest) of the season; beginning; start; kitchen sink
unsociable; unfriendly; blunt; surly; curt; cold
upper half of the body; upper body
dugong (Dugong dugon); sea pig
wave (on water); wave (electromagnetic, sound, etc.); wave (in hair); wave (audience); Mexican wave
wakame (species of edible brown seaweed, Undaria pinnatifida)
to jump; to leap; to break up; to close; to hit (e.g. to have a car hit something or someone)
Japanese apricot (Prunus mume); Japanese plum; ume; lowest (of a three-tier ranking system)
eating everything (on one's plate, etc.)
antipathy; reluctance; resistance
cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull
to curl oneself up; to squeeze oneself in; to be huddled
to get stuck with (some job); to end up with (something unpleasant)
to rub together (e.g. one's hands)
evacuation; withdrawal; revocation; repeal; retreat
more haste, less speed; slow and steady wins the race
difficult; tough; formidable; redoubtable; stubborn
figure of a person; figures of people; shadow of a person
bright white (esp. for snow and ice); brilliant white
to get one's head around; to think about
reason; principle; general principle (as opposed to individual concrete phenomenon); (in neo-Confucianism) the underlying principles of the cosmos
being too late; losing one's final chance
to spout out; to spurt out; to sprout; to bud; to burst into laughter; to blow (smoke, etc.)
to burn; to be roasted; to be heated; to be jealous; to be envious
windless; calm; quiet (state of affairs); peaceful; stable
diamond dust; ice crystals
yuki-onna (spirit in Japanese folklore); snow woman
to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to have a good command of (a language); to play proficiently (of a musical instrument); to work (a puppet); to pull the strings of a puppet
notches; serration; indentation; notched; serrated; jagged
leaf; blade (of grass); (pine) needle; marijuana; cannabis