unnecessary; not needed; not necessary
to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)
large; large-sized; large-scale; big
drying machine; dryer; desiccator
japonica; common camellia (Camellia japonica)
short-tempered; quick-tempered; hasty
rice cultivation; rice crop
origin; beginning; source; rise
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
China; Chūgoku region (western part of Honshu comprising the prefectures of Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi, Tottori and Shimane); central part of a country; main region; province of the second lowest rank (ritsuryo system)
Yangtze River; Changjiang River
drainage basin; catchment basin; river basin; watershed; valley
established theory; accepted opinion; accepted explanation
western direction; Western Pure Land (Amitabha's Buddhist paradise); western fighter in a match (e.g. sumo)
to put one's heart and soul (into); to completely devote oneself (to)
unexpectedly; surprisingly; unexpected; unanticipated; unforeseen
to peel off; to come off; to be taken off
to peel; to skin; to pare; to hull; to bare (e.g. fangs); to open wide (e.g. eyes)
obsession; fixation; complaining; criticizing; speciality (e.g. of restaurants)
more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once
pressing; stamping; press (machine); the press; news media; military press (weight lifting)
to insert; to put between; to tuck (e.g. fabric into a gap)
number of revolutions (i.e. as an engine speed); number of rotations; speed of revolution; speed of rotation
to flick out; to spring out; to calculate; to work out; to expel (from a group); to drive out
rotation (usu. around something); revolution; turning
establishment; institution; installation (of a machine or equipment)
grain; bead; drop; counter for small round objects including grains, seeds, pills, drops
through; throughout; through (the good offices of); by way of
sliced ginger prepared in vinegar (served with sushi); pickled ginger; mimeograph; reprimand; rebuke; overly skinny person
to stick through; to force through; to spread throughout; to thoroughly diffuse; to make a path between two points; to proceed in a logical manner; to let pass
scattering (e.g. in statistics); scatter; dispersion; variation
pretending not to see something; turning a blind eye to; burying one's head in the sand
to join together; to combine; to join up
gō; traditional unit of volume, approx. 0.1804 litres; gō; traditional unit of area, approx 0.33 metres square; one-tenth of the way from the base to the summit of a mountain; conjunction; sum
battle; fight; war; struggle; conflict
rice cooking; boiling rice
lidded; covered; container with a lid
saucepan; pot; stew; hot pot
to intend; to be sure that
to wash; to cleanse; to inquire into; to investigate; to purify (one's heart); to lave (e.g. shore)
to perceive; to grasp (the situation)
to hide; to be hidden; to conceal oneself; to disappear
quantity or volume of water
pressure; stress; pressure (e.g. political); coercion; arm-twisting