to soak (in); to steep; to dip; to pickle; to preserve (in salt, vinegar, etc.)
to imitate; to follow; to copy; to emulate
to get a haircut; to give a haircut; to cut hair
strength; intensity; strong (e.g. glasses); powerful (e.g. lens); intense (e.g. fear)
moustache; mustache; whiskers (on a cat, etc.); feelers (on an insect, etc.); shadow (on a candlestick chart)
to grow; to cultivate; to let grow (e.g. weeds)
lively; active; vigorous; animated; brisk
aspiration; volunteering; desire; application
surprisingly; astonishingly; amazingly; alarmingly
(Japanese-style) undershirt worn under nagajuban
to complain; to make a complaint
to tie; to bind; to fasten; to restrict (freedom); to tie down (with rules, regulations, etc.); to fetter
sprout; shoot; bud; germinal disk (in an egg)
please; kindly; by all means; certainly; here you are; to give
to resound; to echo; to reverberate
must; should; will (surely); be bound to; will (do); shall
single flower; one wheel; full moon
humanities and social sciences; liberal arts; faculty of humanities; school of liberal arts
life; living; I; me; student
dining room; dining hall; cafeteria; restaurant; eatery; snack bar
fashion; trend; vogue; prevalence (of a disease); epidemic
shiruko; sweet red-bean soup with mochi
test of courage (by going to a frightening place, e.g. a graveyard)
reading; reading (of a kanji, esp. kun reading); reading (e.g. of a situation); insight
being in delicate health; scrofulosis
hanafuda; flower cards; playing cards consisting of 12 suits of 4 cards, each suit representing a month indicated by a flower
to liken to; to compare to; to pattern after; to model after; to imitate
greenish-black earth; green verditer; dark green tinged with yellow
San'etsu (the three former provinces of Echizen, Etchū and Echigo)
nine; team; players on a team; no
popularity; public favor; condition (e.g. market); tone; character
center; centre; middle; -centered; -centred; -focused
origin; source; basis; base; cause; (raw) material; ingredient