bright red; deep red; flushed (of face); downright (e.g. lie); complete; utter
serious; earnest; sober; honest; sincere
imitating; copying; mimicry; behavior; behaviour; action
straight (ahead); direct; upright; straightforward; honest; frank
pure white; blank (e.g. mind, paper)
middle; centre; center; midpoint; heart
at the very beginning; first of all; first and foremost; before anything else
just; right; pure; genuine; truth
pitch-dark; pitch-black; completely dark; very bleak (future); utterly hopeless
serious look (on one's face); straight face
directly opposite; right in front
pitch-black; jet-black; strongly tanned; deeply sunburnt; sooty; black with dirt
deep blue; bright blue; ghastly pale; pallid; white as a sheet
midwinter; dead of winter
right above; just above; directly above; directly overhead
(right at the) side; just beside
right under; directly below; right beneath
middle of summer; height of summer; midsummer
head-on; to one's face; squarely; directly; flatly (e.g. refuse)
overserious; deeply sincere; very earnest
(place) right in the center; dead center; dead centre; exact middle; heart
proper; respectable; decent; honest
spread-out sail; full sail; (sailing) downwind
right in the middle (of); midst; height
to take seriously; to take someone at their word; to believe (to be true)
right behind; just behind; directly behind
imitation; copy; make-believe; doing something in a way that only superficially resembles the real thing
sincerity; true heart; devotion
deadly serious; deadly earnest
yew plum pine (Podocarpus macrophyllus)
middle; centre; center; midpoint; heart
not serious; frivolous; insincere; unsteady
kanji (as opposed to kana); printed style (of writing Chinese characters); square style; real name
complete darkness; total darkness; pitch darkness
dead center; (right in the) middle; midst; midst (e.g. of a storm); heyday; (the) height (e.g. of a debate)
head over heels; headlong; head first
to lose hope; to be plunged into darkness
tomfoolery; monkey business
head-on fight; direct confrontation; head-to-head contest
right in front; just opposite; under the nose
height of; middle of; full bloom
Japanese spindle tree (Euonymus sieboldianus)
fresh water; fiscal spending; government pump priming
two equal parts; exactly two parts
(arch.) Mahito (highest of the eight hereditary titles); you
to become extremely serious (in attitude); to look solemn; to assume a solemn air
imitation (of someone, something); impersonation; (vocal) mimicry
good citizen; honest man; respectable member of society
right opposite; directly across; just in front of; face to face
very bright red; deep red; extremely flushed (of face); downright (e.g. lie); complete; utter
feigned tears; crocodile tears
learning by watching others; learning by imitation; following by example
(not) by any means; (not) for anything; wouldn't do for anything; had enough; flatly refusing
overly serious; serious to a fault; humorless
directly opposite; right in front; middle of the forehead; helmet front
by no means; never!; certainly (not); surely (not); something unexpected; emergency
mimicking someone's speech; imitating someone's way of speaking; mimicry
the head; the foremost; beginning; the very front
mimicking a bird or animal call; imitating a call or a sound
right (in front); directly; properly; normally; honestly; decently
complete lie; outright lie
completely honest; downright honest; straightforward; perfectly upright
(looking) very bleak; having dim prospects
day on which the temperature rises above 30°C
gesture; sign; hand signal
indiscriminate imitation; monkey see, monkey do; blind follower
the front; honest; upright; decent
having had enough; flatly refusing; wouldn't do for anything; begging pardon
to torment by slow degrees; to torture slowly; to drag things out; to reproach in a roundabout way; (lit.) to strangle with floss silk
imitating; copying; mimicking
completely honest; downright honest; straightforward; perfectly upright
perfectly round; perfectly circular
the head; the foremost; beginning; the very front
perfect; dead (center, ahead, etc.); right; just; exactly
wholeheartedly; with all one's heart; cordially; sincerely
near; close (to); nearby; (drawing) near; approaching; almost here
red sea bream (Pagrus major); Japanese sea bream; red tai; porgy
center part; middle part; center-parted bangs; curtains; hair intakes
imitating by watching; mimicking what one has seen
Oriental melon (Cucumis melo var. Makuwa)
right opposite; directly across; just in front of; face to face
pitch black; completely black
earnest; singlehanded; face to face; straight ahead; just in front of
height of; middle of; full bloom
headlong; head over heels
Japanese timber bamboo (Phyllostachys bambusoides); giant timber bamboo; madake
the point just before ...; the point of (doing); the verge (of); (just before the) edge
white-naped crane (Grus vipio)
Manchurian wild rice (Zizania latifolia)
dead center (of a baseball bat); sweet spot
mallard (Anas platyrhynchos); mallard duck
dead center; dead centre; right in the middle
chub mackerel (Scomber japonicus)
evergreen (esp. one planted or used at a shrine)
day on which the temperature stays below 0°C; cold winter's day
southerly breeze; true wind
(wearing) low over one's eyes
at full speed; (at) full tilt; headlong; impetuously; precipitately
Japanese kelp (Laminaria japonica)
chopping board; cutting board; flat chest; tiny breasts
someone doomed to their fate; (lit.) fish on the chopping board
Pacific oyster (Crassostrea gigas)
perfectly clear and serene sky
Manaka; variety of fragrant wood used in kōdō
incense variety used in kōdō (orig. from eastern India)
Japanese common squid; Pacific flying squid (Todarodes pacificus); golden cuttlefish (Sepia esculenta); Japanese spineless cuttlefish (Sepiella japonica)
monkey (esp. the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata)
great and splendid land (of Yamato); spiritual center of the land; one's spiritual home; excellent location; splendid place
Pacific cod (Gadus macrocephalus)
Japanese jack mackerel; Japanese horse mackerel (Trachurus japonicus)
common octopus (Octopus vulgaris)
someone doomed to their fate; (lit.) fish on the chopping board
type of long chopsticks used in the preparation of fish; type of long chopsticks used to hold the fish in carving knife ceremony
brown sole (Pleuronectes herzensteini)
mirror go; manego; opening strategy of symmetrically copying every move of the opponent (played by white or black)
prime of life; noontide of life
play at the center of three stones
play at the center of three stones
book written entirely in kanji
makko-ho (set of four exercises for general health)
exactly the opposite (of); completely opposite; quite contrary
writing in kanji; something written in kanji
put your household shrine in a high position in the front of the house and your Buddhist altar in the back
right behind; just behind; directly behind
Corbicula leana (species of basket clam)
Choenomeles lagenaria; maboke flowering quince
(arch.) mirror; Mafutsu no Kagami (alternate name for Yata no Kagami, the mirror of the Imperial regalia)
spindle tree (Euonymus alatus f. ciliatodentatus)
ramie (Boehmeria nivea var. nipononivea)
dried young anchovies (or sardines)
Japanese pilchard (Sardinops melanostictus); Japanese sardine
flathead (Platycephalus sp.)
butterfish (any fish of family Stromateidae, esp. species Pampus punctatissimus); harvestfish; rudderfish
marbled sole (Pleuronectes yokohamae)
greater white-fronted goose (Anser albifrons)
yellowfin goby (Acanthogobius flavimanus)
Eurasian siskin (species of songbird, Carduelis spinus)
sevenband grouper (species of fish, Epinephelus septemfasciatus); convict grouper
short-beaked common dolphin (Delphinus delphis)
striped marlin (Tetrapturus audax)
purple puffer (Takifugu porphyreus)
green peafowl (Pavo muticus)
common Japanese conger eel (Conger myriaster); whitespotted conger
Ixodes ovatus (species of tick)
short-finned pilot whale (Globicephala macrorhynchus)
freshwater jellyfish (Craspedacusta sowerbii); peach blossom jellyfish
sea pineapple (Halocynthia roretzi)
sheep's ear abalone (Haliotis ovina)
excellent; ample; proper; genuine; straightforward; honest
straight (ahead); direct; upright; straightforward; honest; frank
(house with a) gabled roof
writing entirely in kanji
Asiatic jasmine (Trachelospermum asiaticum); Asian jasmine
split firewood; firewood chunks; billet
Asiatic jasmine (Trachelospermum asiaticum); Asian jasmine
Asiatic jasmine (Trachelospermum asiaticum); Asian jasmine