cap (headwear); cap (of a bottle, pen, etc.); leader; chief
carapace; shell; 1st in rank; grade A; instep; back of hand
writing; entry (e.g. to a form); posting (e.g. to a blog)
to resonate emotionally (with one); to strike home (words, etc.); (lit.) to stab in the chest
acupuncture and moxibustion
(medical) treatment; care; therapy; cure; remedy
looking for a particular person or thing; searching high and low; hunting for; picking out; singling out
to shrug (shoulders); to duck (head); to draw back (body)
look of death; shadow of death
feeling out of place; feeling that one doesn't belong; not knowing what to do with oneself
Hotei; Budai; god of contentment, depicted as a pot-bellied monk who carries a large cloth bag on his back
smokeable cigarette end (butt)
to get blunt; to dull; to wear out
area; vicinity; side; edge; circumstances
mackerel (esp. the chub mackerel, Scomber japonicus); server (in an online game)
(arch.) mourning clothes; mourning; period of mourning
bird; bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry
nest; rookery; den; haunt; (spider's) web
cellophane tape; adhesive tape; Sellotape
expiration of a term; becoming overdue
paint; coloring materials; colors; colours
loss (of something); disadvantage; mistake; error; flaw; defect
tree peony (Paeonia suffruticosa); moutan
to produce; to yield; to cause; to result from; to arise; to be generated
egg white; white-fleshed fish (e.g. tai, hirame, karei); white meat; sapwood
calm; composed; cool; quiet
in good condition; in fine shape; glib; slick; harmonious; melodious
in unison; as one; united
five (long cylindrical things)
incarnation; impersonation; personification; avatar
to get stuck in; to be mired in; to be addicted to
curiously; curiously enough; oddly enough; to the point of being mysterious; to the extent of being strange
to put oneself in (situation, environment, etc.); to surround oneself with
to push (someone) around; to shove around; to treat roughly; to bully
to hesitate; to think twice; to flinch; to get cold feet
support; backing; patronage
verbalizing; putting into words
seventh day of the month; seven days