paying in advance; forward delivery; delivery (of freight)
red flame; (solar) prominence
white; striped mullet fry (Mugil cephalus); speech; one's lines; white dragon tile; winning hand with a pung (or kong) of white dragon tiles; (arch.) white person
thick; dense; rich (as in taste or content); crowded
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
atmosphere; air; magnanimity; generosity
waves that remain after the wind has subsided; after-effect; aftermath
absence due to illness; sick leave
warm (treatment, reception, etc.); kind; cordial; hospitable; courteous; respectful
small quantity; small amount; narrowmindedness
sweetness and bitterness; joys and sorrows
remedy for a cold; cold medicine
to model on; to make in the shape of; to represent; to symbolise
vitality; energy; dynamism
to throw away; to abandon
structure of an artwork; pictorial design; pictures inserted in a book
preliminary arrangements; preparation; spadework; pre-cooking
cloche (hat); cloche (domed cover)
black pepper (Piper nigrum)
long, narrow strip of paper on which Japanese poems are written (vertically); tanzaku; thin rectangle
shiokara; paste made from salted fermented seafood (squid, fish entrails, etc.)
to flavor; to flavour; to season
to think of; to hit upon; to come into one's mind; to remember; to recall
light brown; golden brown; tan
nori; laver; edible seaweed, usu. Porphyra yezoensis or P. tenera, usu. dried and pressed into sheets
fruit of a tree; nut; berry
undulation; winding; meandering; swell (of waves); surge; billow
to be sacrificed; to fall victim to; to fall prey to
standing signboard; billboard; hoarding
area; zone; (lit.) belt (of land)
specific medicine; wonder drug; silver bullet
hijiki (dark edible seaweed usu. sold in dried black strips; Hizikia fusiformis)
local specialty; special product (of a region)