sea bream (esp. Pagrus major); porgy
earthenware baking pan; parching pan; form of punishment in which a person is forced to walk on an oiled pipe over a charcoal fire (ancient China)
bad(-tasting); unpalatable; poor; unskillful; ugly; unattractive
the East; the Orient; (East) Asia; Japan
signboard; sign; draw; attraction; reputation (of a shop); name
ascending and descending; going up and down
device; instrument; vessel; container; ability; capacity
lower layer; layer beneath; lower strata (classes)
crown (of head); summit (of mountain); easy win for one; something received
(idle) curiosity; fancifulness; eccentricity; person with unusual tastes; eccentric; oddball
to pull up; to drag up; to increase; to raise (e.g. taxes); to withdraw; to leave; to promote (someone to a higher position)
device; contrivance; trick; trap; (small) scale; half finished; commencement
unrefined; tasteless; inelegant; prosaic; unpoetic; unromantic
equipment; device; installation; stage setting
shallow; superficial; slight (wound); light (sleep); short (time); early
grass; weed; (arch.) ninja; marijuana; cannabis; not genuine
source; origin; cause; beginning; genesis
to finish; to get through with; to graduate; to come to an end; to end; to finish doing ...
box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building
in the same way as; just like
for (e.g. "she dances well for an eight-year old"); considering it's (something or someone)
a little bit; a little while
possibly; perhaps; perchance; unintentionally; accidentally
out of character; unlike one
destination (one is heading towards); goal
come, come; come; come now; here you go; here; when handing something
to call out to; to hail; to address; to appeal (e.g. to the public); to urge; to exhort
to try (out); to have a try (at); to test; to put to the test
to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to be promoted
creepy (feeling); uneasy (feeling); bad (feeling); giving one the creeps; hideous; scaring
loss; damage; harm; disadvantage; handicap; drawback
door (esp. Japanese-style); shutter; window shutter; (arch.) entrance (to a home); (arch.) narrows
like this; in this way; as you see
contour; outline; summary; outline; looks; features
to go to the top; to climb to the top; to ascend to the top; to be engrossed in; to be very enthusiastic about; to be infatuated with
vertex; apex; top (e.g. of a mountain); summit; top (of a profession, field, etc.); summit
top; summit; twelve o'clock (usu. midnight); top of one's head; top of a helmet
here and there; in places