just-harvested; freshly picked; freshly caught (fish); fresh
without (doing); instead of; if (it) isn't done; if (one) doesn't do ...; if not ...; unless ...
answering machine; answerphone
to groan; to moan; to roar; to howl; to hum (engine, wind, etc.); to buzz; to ooh and aah (in admiration)
innocent (esp. of a girl); naive; virgin; maiden; young striped mullet
handsome man; man's looks; good looks; manliness
hospitality; reception; treatment; (light) refreshment; entertaining with food and drink; treat
pillar; post; support; prop; counter for buddhas, gods, nobles, etc.
sand-coated interior wall (in traditional Japanese architecture)
shoji (paper sliding door)
shop; store; someone who sells (something) or works as (something); someone with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof
being very busy; busyness
drawing room; parlor; parlour; guest room
to lay out a futon; to make a bed
to get excited; to make one's heart leap; to make one's heart pound
to hang (something) on the wall
twelve o'clock; midnight; noon
ferocious; brutal; atrocious; savage; barbarous
to rampage; to run wild; to run amok; to rage (of a storm, waves, etc.); to be wild (of the wind); to be rough
to be foolish; to be stupid; to be ridiculous; to be absurd
a short time ago; a while ago; for some time
visit (to a shrine, grave, etc.); worship
Buddhist (household) altar
horse; horse racing; promoted bishop; knight (court card in mekuri karuta and unsun karuta)
leasing (out); renting out; hiring out; letting
koinobori; carp streamer; carp-shaped windsock traditionally flown to celebrate the Children's Day in May
hina doll; doll displayed during the Girls' Festival
Chinese silvergrass (Miscanthus sinensis); maiden grass; susuki grass
dumplings offered to the moon (on the 15th day of the 8th month and the 13th day of the 9th month)
to be turned inside out; to betray; to double-cross; to break into falsetto; to crack into falsetto
to let slip a secret; to let the cat out of the bag
clothes-drying platform; place for drying laundry
vacant land; unoccupied ground; empty lot; empty point
back (esp. of a building, etc.); rear; behind
outdoor fire with dense smoke to repel mosquitoes; mosquito-fumigation
cause; seed; variety; kind; counter for varieties
homemade; made in-house; housemade; made on the premises