bamboo (any grass of subfamily Bambusoideae); middle (of a three-tier ranking system)
stubborn person; bonehead; bullethead; pig-headed person
to turn pale; to lose color; to lose colour
blunder; fault; error; mistake; failure; disgrace
dismissal; firing; retirement; being relieved from one's post; being relieved of a burden
minimum; (very) least; at least some (comfort, etc.); only (consolation, saving grace, etc.); sole
lifeboat; friend in need; helping hand; timely help
kind person; warmhearted person; sympathetic person
two by two; by twos; as a couple
four times; four colour process printing (color); CMYK printing
to hang over; to cover; to fall upon someone (responsibility, burden, pressure, etc.)
to see; to look; to watch; to try to
rainy season (in Japan usu. from early June to mid-July); rain during the rainy season
annual function; annual event
nonsense; irresponsible remark; codswallop; random; haphazard; unsystematic
May; fifth month of the lunar calendar
end (e.g. of street); tip; beginning; start; odds and ends; scrap
to dribble; to spill; to suspend; to hang down; to slouch
to throw; to hurl; to give up; to abandon; to cast (a glance, shadow, doubt, etc.)
sagacity; wisdom; intelligence
to obey; to submit to; to serve (in the army, a prison sentence, etc.); to go into (mourning); to observe; to take (medicine, poison, etc.)
to become clear (water, air, etc.); to become transparent; to resonate clearly (e.g. voice); to become serene; to become tranquil; to pronounce as an unvoiced sound
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
to follow; to come along with one; to accompany
(approximate) time; around; suitable time (or condition); time of year; season
high tide; high water; full tide
to sink; to go under; to go down (e.g. sun); to set; to feel depressed; to become subdued
to drift; to float; to waft (e.g. a scent); to hang in the air; to be in the air (e.g. a feeling or mood); to wander; to walk around aimlessly
sashimi (raw sliced fish, shellfish or crustaceans)
action of making something; -ification
fluently (speaking a foreign language); incessantly (speaking); glibly; one after the other (flipping through pages); thin (paper, cloth, etc.); flimsy
wrasse (any fish of family Labridae)
casting; cast-metal object
rotation; making the rounds; spreading; effect; efficacy; by way of; via
tide; current; sea water; opportunity; chance; thin soup of fish or shellfish boiled in seawater
to draw water (e.g. from a river); to lead water to (e.g. a field, a pond); to supply water to; to irrigate
sluice gate; water gate; flood gate
the northeastern (unlucky) direction; person or thing to be avoided; (lit.) the demon's gate; weak point; Achilles' heel
construction of a house (divination term); form of a house