letter; note; book; writings; literary arts; learning
racket; paddle (in table-tennis)
machine; mechanism; instrument; appliance; apparatus
ball; ball (pitch delivered outside the strike zone); board (cardboard, pasteboard, etc.)
bat (in baseball, cricket, etc.)
to handle; to operate (a machine, etc.); to deal with (an issue); to manage; to treat (someone); to deal with (someone)
to obey (an order, law, etc.); to abide by (a rule, custom, etc.); to follow (a person); to accompany; to go alongside (e.g. a river); to follow (e.g. a sign)
interest (in something); curiosity (about something); zest (for)
oceanic whitetip shark (Carcharhinus longimanus)
katsuobushi; pieces of sliced dried bonito
target; object (of worship, study, etc.); subject (of taxation, etc.); coverage
tastelessness; lack of taste; vulgarity
awning (over a window, doorway, etc.); eaves (of a roof); narrow aisle surrounding the core of a temple building; visor (of a cap); brim; classic Japanese women's low pompadour hairstyle
top; summit; twelve o'clock (usu. midnight); top of one's head; top of a helmet
plum blossoms; ume blossom
pole on which to hang laundry for drying; clothesline
bamboo (any grass of subfamily Bambusoideae); middle (of a three-tier ranking system)
to jump at; to leap at; to fly at; to spring at; to pounce on
very high; high up; aloft; only; merely; just
cover (of a book, magazine, etc.); binding; to appear on the cover of a magazine
to be found; to be discovered
to hit; to beat; to shout at; to yell at
fingers; fingertips; underling; stooge; tool
hunting; hunt; gathering (mushrooms, shellfish, etc.); picking (berries, fruit, etc.); hunting down (a criminal, etc.); rounding up (e.g. communists)
play; playing; game; play and dance (at a kindergarten or elementary school)
to track down; to locate; to find out; to smoke out; to ferret out; to chase up
to find out; to discover; to locate
to raise (a sword, fist, etc.); to lift; to throw up; to fling up; to swing up
admirable; commendable; praiseworthy; laudable; brave; heroic
flowering; blooming; blossoming; flowering (of a civilization, talent, etc.); blossoming; blooming
flabbily; softly; limply; easily (bend); effortlessly; flexibly
one leap (i.e. skipping intermediate stages); one jump; one step; jumping (with both feet together)
suddenly; in a flash; quickly; conspicuously; prominently; showily
good fortune (esp. omikuji fortune-telling result); good luck; auspiciousness; unspecified day of the month (used to obscure the date a letter, invitation, etc. was written)