nimono; food cooked by boiling or stewing
bamboo sheath; bamboo peel
misfortune; bad luck; ill luck; ill fortune
evasion; avoidance; recusal (of a judge)
stomach acid; gastric acid
excess; surplus; superabundance
bleaching; soaking; bleached cotton (esp. wrapped around the torso); doxxing; doxing; public humiliation (Edo-period punishment)
wintry moon; a winter month
to continue to hold; to hold on to (for a long period); to maintain; to keep
to wet; to moisten; to dampen
to be beneficial (to); to do (a person) good
to infer; to figure out; to get an idea of; to tell; to imagine; to guess
to dry up (spring, pond, etc.); to run out
reeds; reed and silver grass
to let spoil; to leave to rot; to cause to rot; to discourage; to dishearten
tugboat; tug; towboat; tugging (a boat); towing; towage
to accustom; to train (e.g. one's ear); to tame; to domesticate; to train (an animal)
high tide; high water; full tide
foundation stone; cornerstone
to build; to construct; to erect; to build up (a reputation, position, fortune, etc.); to establish (a relationship, household, tradition, etc.); to lay (a foundation)
to draw water (e.g. from a river); to lead water to (e.g. a field, a pond); to supply water to; to irrigate
storefront; front of a store
each (every) time; whenever
last month of the year; December
vague; ambiguous; shady; disreputable; fuzzy
vague; faint; dim; indistinct; hazy; blurry
obsession with cleanliness; fastidiousness
rejection; expulsion; boycott; ostracism
vacuum; absolute void; complete vacuity
cultivated fields; countryside
(raised) footpath between rice fields; ridge between rice fields
intersection on a go board; grid layout (e.g. of streets); grid pattern
rhombus; rhomb; lozenge; diamond (shape)
to stand in a row (e.g. shops on a street); to line in a row; to line; to be equal to; to be on a par with
to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend
to blow fiercely; to rage; (arch.) to play (a flute, etc.) for fun
to rise (of smoke, steam, etc.); to go up
Indian sandalwood (Santalum album); white sandalwood
Japanese alder (Alnus japonica)