beach; seashore; captured pieces (in the game of go); captured stones; Yokohama; (arch.) riverbank
north-east; Tōhoku (northernmost six prefectures of Honshu); Tohoku
(former) imperial university
wall iris; roof iris; Iris tectorum; fleur-de-lis
all over the body; from head to foot; all over
together with; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
to swarm; to crowd; to flock together
by the way; in this connection; incidentally; in passing
(relating to) gender; sex; sexual
deviation; inclination; offset; polarization; polarisation
pointing out; identification
Japanese league; ri; neighbourhood (under the ritsuryo system; orig. of 50 homes); unit of area (approx. 654m by 654m)
men and women; man and woman; both sexes; both genders
as usual; as is one's habit
separation; partition; detachment; segregation; isolation
nest (of boxes); nesting; concealed information; adopting a child after one's own has died; child adopted in this manner; cavity in an oar (fitted onto a peg as part of a traditional oarlock)
form; shape; state; condition; letter; correspondence
rank-and-file wrestlers in the highest division
optional; voluntary; arbitrary; arbitrary
first year of junior high school; first-year junior high school student
top of the head; vertex; parietal
halving; dividing (into two parts); bisection; the two equinoxes (vernal and autumnal)
appearance; arrival; make one's appearance
mutually; with each other; reciprocally; together
independence; self-reliance; independence (e.g. of a nation); freedom; separation; isolation
revelation; manifestation; appearance; expression (e.g. in molecular biology; protein expression or gene expression)
modern person; people of today
suggestion; hint; implication
in the future; another day; later
story; tale; talk; discussion
to peep (through); to peek; to await (one's chance); to guess; to infer
to be called ...; to be referred to as ...
advantage; point in favor; point in favour
comparatively; relatively
to wring (towel, rag); to squeeze; to squeeze (fruit to extract juice); to press; to rack (one's brains); to strain (one's voice); to extort
sometimes; occasionally; now and then; from time to time
should (be); bound (to be); nock (of a bow); nock (of an arrow); nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger); wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out
beginning; outset; first; onset