remaining bony parts (of a fish after filleting); flaw (esp. of a person); fault; rice chaff; rough; crude
small; little; slightly less than; just about; somewhat; somehow
Japanese garden juniper; dwarf Japanese garden juniper; Juniperus procumbens; J. chinensis var. procumbens
pine tree (Pinus spp.); highest (of a three-tier ranking system)
humanity and justice (esp. in Confucianism); virtue; duty; formal greeting (between yakuza, street vendors, gamblers, etc.); (gang's) moral code
white; innocence; innocent person; blank space; white go stone; white dragon tile; skewered grilled pig intestine
to be crowded; to be packed; to be complex; to go into; to put into; to do intently
to threaten; to menace; to frighten (into doing)
to work as the backbone (of); to bear responsibility (for); to be the mainstay (of); to be the central part (of)
importance; emphasis; stress
bad news traveling fast; ill news spreading like wildfire
to tie; to fasten; to wear (necktie, belt); to put on; to total; to sum; to be strict with
previously; already; for some time; for quite a while
sandpiper (any bird of family Scolopacidae, incl. the curlews, godwits, phalaropes, redshanks, ruff, snipes, turnstones, and woodcocks)
pity; sorrow; grief; misery
nembutsu; nenbutsu; nianfo; visualizing a Buddha (in one's mind)
countryside; country; 50-home township (comprised of 2-3 neighbourhoods)
thunder; thunderclap; crash of thunder
to get drunk; to become intoxicated; to feel sick (e.g. in a vehicle); to become nauseated; to be elated; to be exalted
decisively; decidedly; boldly; precisely; exactly