rice plant (Oryza sativa)
ear (of a cereal plant); head; point (of a brush, spear, etc.); tip; crest (of a wave); scion (in grafting)
fat; tallow; lard; grease
to be resurrected; to be resuscitated; to be rehabilitated; to be recalled (e.g. memories); to be brought back
straightforwardly; readily; without hesitation
to play with (a toy, one's hair, etc.); to fiddle with; to toy with (another's emotions, etc.); to trifle with; to do with something as one pleases; to appreciate
precious; valuable; priceless; noble; exalted; sacred
class; heading; group; category
declining; refusal; nonacceptance; turning down; withdrawal (e.g. of candidacy); pulling out (e.g. of a race)
good; goodness; right; virtue
uncertain; doubtful; unreliable; unsteady; unclear; vague
excitement; stimulation; agitation; arousal
to fit into (a box, frame, category, etc.); to be contained within; to settle down (into); to be installed (in one's rightful place); to settle into (one's position); to take up (a post)
to approve; to accept; to consent; to affirm
in some way or other; one way or another; somehow; only just; barely
slowly; stolidly; heavily; lumpingly
religious leader; person of religion; religious figure; religionist
god; deity; god-tier; incredible; (arch.) Emperor (of Japan); (arch.) thunder
green youth; immature youth; novice; greenhorn
to indulge in; to give oneself up to; to be obsessed by; to be engrossed in; to be lost in; to be absorbed in
suddenly; abruptly; unexpectedly
doubt; question; suspicion; dubiousness
to get used to using; to get accustomed to using
stale; hackneyed; clichéd
to sink (e.g. a ship); to submerge; to lower (e.g. one's body into a chair); to floor (an opponent)
bowl; vessel; container; ability; capacity; calibre
cowardly; timid; easily frightened
end; final; end of life; death; never; not at all
person of doubtful origin; suspicious stranger
moment; brief space of time
all talk; glib; insincere; empty; specious
at one's feet; underfoot; gait; pace; most recent; current
water's edge; beach; foreshore
resentment; indignation; anger
kombu (usu. Saccharina japonica); konbu; kelp; any edible species from the family Laminariaceae
wakame (species of edible brown seaweed, Undaria pinnatifida)
to spring; to bound; to be stimulated; to be encouraged; to pay handsomely; to splurge
bonze; monk; monk's dwelling; boy; son; I; me
thief; burglar; robber; theft; burglary; robbery
lofty; sublime; noble; the sublime (aesthetics)
namely; that is (to say); in other words
to become late; to fall behind; to lag; to pass (of time)
white silk; prime; principle