nonglutinous grain (not sticky enough to make mochi rice cakes)
water (esp. cool, fresh water, e.g. drinking water); fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid; flood; floodwaters; water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout
Japanese person; Japanese people
cooking; cookery; cuisine; dealing with something; handling; administration
to take out (e.g. garbage); to put out (e.g. dishes on table); to serve (e.g. meal); to get out (e.g. food from cupboard); to submit (e.g. ideas, opinions); to provide for
will; intent; desire; will; testament
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
Oedipus complex; sexual attraction to one's mother
fish with a human-looking face
characteristic; traditional; peculiar; inherent; native; eigen-
(coming to a) mutual understanding; understanding each other
contrary to expectations; or so we thought, but ...
as a matter of fact; by the way; to tell you the truth; to be honest; frankly
wife and children; (arch.) wife
to visit one place after another without plan or effect; to gallivant about
direct control; direct supervision
craftsman; artisan; tradesman; worker; workman
learning; acquisition (of a skill, knowledge, etc.)
head (of a household, etc.); leader; owner; proprietor; subject (of a rumour, etc.); doer (of a deed); guardian spirit (e.g. long-resident beast, usu. with mystical powers)
bearer; carrier; person bearing responsibility; person in charge; supporter
field (for fruits, vegetables, etc.); cultivated land; field (of specialization); sphere; womb; birth
corner; section; one horn; narwhal (Monodon monoceros)
to plant; to grow; to insert; to transplant; to inoculate (e.g. an infectious agent); to instill (idea, value, etc.)
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
pity; sorrow; pitiable; pitiful; alack; alas
gorge; ravine; canyon; glen
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
email; mail (usu. in compound words); post; message (sent over a chat application); instant message; male
bottom of the ocean; seafloor; seabed; undersea; submarine