national traits; national characteristic; character of the inhabitants of a nation
likability; favorability; popularity
exchangeable; convertible; transferable; replaceable
making one's best exertions
trunk (of the body); soma
bureaucratic organization; bureaucracy
spreading; laying out; security deposit; Japanese mattress
stage actor; stage actress
tool; implement; instrument; equipment
to ripen; to mature; to be ready for action; to be the right time (to act); to be in common use; to come to sound natural
poop; poo; faeces; crap; trash; garbage
antipathy; antagonism; animosity; revulsion; ill feeling
to be torn off; to come off
washing machine; (clothes) washer
pile; pool; gathering spot; waiting place for a wrestler beside the ring; liquid runoff from miso preparation; tamari
steam; vapour; vapor; steamboat; steam locomotive
sensual love; love affair
apathy; indifference; listlessness; athymia
attendant; person who looks after one's needs; caretaker
to be to the point; to hit the mark; to be relevant
becoming irritated (suddenly); getting annoyed
slave labor; slave labour
camel; camel (cloth); cloth made from camel hair; camel (color); light yellowish brown
lack of relation (to); independence (of)
herbivorous; plant-eating; graminivorous
and; thereupon; because of that
strength and weakness; (degree of) strength; stress (of a sound); loudness
tedious; boring; being fed up with
single part (of a whole); one detail; portion; spot
(official) commendation; public recognition (of someone's achievements, good deeds, etc.); awarding; honouring
national customs and manners; provincial song or ballad; waka (classical Japanese poetry, as opposed to Chinese poetry)
dark (skin, complexion, etc.); swarthy; tanned
elderly woman; senior lady-in-waiting
your native country; your hometown; my home country (i.e. Japan); countryside; country; (arch.) daimyo's territory (Edo period)
colour usage; color usage; use of colour
blue cloth; blue ground; blue background
purple; violet; purple gromwell (Lithospermum erythrorhizon); red gromwell; soy sauce
wistful; desirous of; hungry-looking; greedy-looking
to cause a loss; to make a hole (in)
stylish; fashionable; dressing (oneself) up; dressing smartly; fashionable dresser; smartly dressed person
rhinoceros beetle (esp. the Japanese rhinoceros beetle, Trypoxylus dichotomus)