reading matter; reading material
thoughtless; reckless; ordinary; usual; excessive; indiscriminate
pleasantly warm; nice and warm; repeatedly (hitting someone); again and again; over and over
suddenly (hit); with a slap; sharply (glance, glare, etc.); fiercely; suddenly; all of a sudden
dining; dining room; meal
reading (farsighted) glasses; spectacles for the aged
carelessness; careless mistake; blunder; wetting oneself; soiling oneself
to obey respectfully; to humble oneself; to sit straight (upright, respectfully, attentively)
-clad; in the midst of; tenths (e.g. wholesale price, as tenths of retail price); times (i.e. multiplied by); able-to-seat (of a chair, etc.)
signature; signing one's name; writing one's name (on); registration (of a bond)
postwar period; period after Second World War
6th day of the month; six days
priest; (arch.) member of one of the four administrative ranks in the ritsuryō system; (arch.) government official in charge of a town, esp. in Heian Kyoto; (arch.) prominent member of a town; river boatman; captain of a riverboat; (arch.) (medieval) harbor manager
main building (of a manor); central room (of a house)
to go to bed; to be sick in bed; to be laid up
large number; innumerable; great many; immense; vast; abundant
police substation; residential police box
autopsy; post-mortem (examination); (coroner's) inquest; examination of a body to determine if a crime has been committed
emotional strength; force of will
edge (of a knife or sword); blade; prong (of an electrical plug)
guess; conjecture; surmise
long metal chopsticks (for handling charcoal, esp. in a brazier); fire tongs
regarding as very likely (to win, succeed, etc.)
section; cross section; profile
thorough; exhaustive; complete
subject matter of a painting; art supplies; art materials
picture; drawing; painting; image (TV, film, etc.); picture; footage
tool; means; ingredients (added to soup, rice, etc.); counter for sets of armor, utensils, furniture, etc.
sumi; India ink; squid ink; octopus ink; carpenter's inking string
to mix (e.g. water with flour); to dissolve (salt in water, paint, etc.); to scramble (eggs); to stir; to melt; to liquefy
cake served with tea; teacake
toothpick; skewer (used to cut and hold sweets served at a tea ceremony); toothbrush (orig. made from a thin willow branch frayed at one end)
coating (esp. lacquering)
tray; family; household; Obon; Bon Festival; gambler's den
makimono; handscroll; roll of cloth (for making a kimono); scarf; stole; makizushi
extensive; vast range; wide scope