possible; conceivable; likely; probable
kiss; squeak (of a mouse); with a slurp
endless; boundless; innumerable; endless; never-ending; going on forever
resting one's chin in one's hands; brace (in construction); angle brace
to be trustworthy; to be credible; to be believable
prevailing view; common opinion; general consideration
trial; hearing; inquiry; examination; interrogation
right on the heels of yesterday; only yesterday
despite having waited a long time; in spite of having waited a long time; no matter how long one waits
interview (e.g. for a job)
judicial decision; judgement; judgment; sentence; decree
accused; defendant; prisoner at the bar
smelling burnt; smelling scorched; smelling of gunpowder (i.e. as if armed conflict is about to break out); tense; suspicious; dubious
halting (speech); faltering; stammering
jumping to a hasty conclusion; premature judgement
to gather; to crowd round; to sponge (off someone); to scrounge; to extort; to take (money) through intimidation
to seize; to catch; to obtain; to acquire; to understand; to grasp
first day of spring (according to the traditional lunisolar calendar, approx. February 4)
summer clothing; summer wear; summer goods
painstaking piece of work; work of great effort; tour de force; toil; labor; labour
cross mark; demerit mark; an X
(light) scoring (in cooking)
boisterous dance; dancing wildly
solemn (ceremony, atmosphere, etc.); austere; grave; majestic; dignified; stately
soy sauce; soya sauce; shoyu
Heisei era (1989.1.8-2019.4.30)
(land) with a thump; slumping (of something heavy); (lying down) with a flop; effortlessly (throw onto); roundishly (shaped; of something large)
adlay (Coix lacryma-jobi var. ma-yuen); Job's tears; coixseed; tear grass; adlai
unpolished rice; unmilled rice; brown rice; black rice
safe tile; tile that may be discarded without risking benefiting an opponent; no-risk choice; easily handled person
chopped burdock root (and sometimes carrot) cooked in sugar and soy sauce
Sukhavati (Amitabha's Pure Land); paradise; heaven on earth
gap; break; pause; interval; cut; incision
to have two things (at the same time) (e.g. good and bad points); to also have something (in addition to something else)
regular; well-regulated; systematic; orderly
mainly; chiefly; primarily; for the most part
protein; egg white; albumen; albumin
concurrence; coincidence; complication (in illness)