one long straight object (e.g. strand of hair, beam of light, wisp of smoke); a single bloodline; earnest; resolute; (arch.) ordinary; (arch.) common
to wash; to cleanse; to inquire into; to investigate; to purify (one's heart); to lave (e.g. shore)
Buddhist (household) altar
to offer incense (for a departed person); to light an incense stick
deeply religious; devout; godly; faithful
to wither (esp. plants as winter draws near); to fade; to shrivel; to pass one's prime; to start deteriorating; to begin to decline
intentionally; on purpose; deliberately; taking something into account
collision; crash; running into; conflict; quarrel; clashing
to be laughed at; to get oneself laughed at (e.g. by doing something stupid)
one's background; one's history; one's circumstances; one's merit; asset; strong point
laughingstock; butt of ridicule
to dig up; to turn up; to tear up; to rake up (e.g. old scandal); to dig over
roll (e.g. of cloth); winding (e.g. watch); volume (of book); speeding up; heel (of a Japanese sandal)
eggs; egg; (hen's) egg; (an expert) in the making; beginning; origin
Vienna sausage cut in the shape of an octopus
rice seasoning (usu. containing fish meal, seaweed, sesame, etc.)
bird; bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry
deep-fried food (esp. chicken)
boiled greens in bonito-flavoured soy sauce (vegetable side dish)
childish; child-like; immature; infantile
minitruck; light truck; small truck; light pickup
daikon (variety of large white Oriental radish, Raphanus sativus var. longipinnatus); ham actor
grandfather; male senior-citizen
self-deprecation; self-derision; self-mockery; laughing at oneself
straight (from one place to another); going right onto; on the way; simultaneously; incidentally; directly
period of time; time slot; time zone
game under lights (e.g. baseball); night game
with a glitter; with a sparkle; brand new; shiny and new
rhinoceros beetle (esp. the Japanese rhinoceros beetle, Trypoxylus dichotomus)
hoe-shaped helmet crest; stag beetle
enthusiast; mania; enthusiasm
pressing one's hands together in prayer; triangular frame of a thatched roof; yours sincerely; yours truly
to be grateful; to feel grateful; to be thankful
embarrassed; feeling ashamed; feeling awkward
from the place (where); from the fact that ...; caused by the fact that ...; because
moustache; beard; whiskers (on a cat, etc.); feelers (on an insect, etc.); shadow (on a candlestick chart)
missed spot (in shaving); unshaven hairs
to assail the nostrils (smell); to go nose-to-nose (with someone)