natural; understandable; reasonable; no wonder
taste (in goods, etc.); manners; etiquette; modesty; restraint; knowledge, experience (of the arts, etc.)
woman; girl; Chinese "Girl" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); feminine noun
sub-; second-rate; -ous (indicating a low oxidation state); -ite; Asia; Argentina; Arabia
muteness; speech impairment; mute; deaf-mute
corner; nook; shade; shadow; dark circles (under the eyes); dark rings; bend (in a road, river, etc.)
pity; sorrow; grief; misery
mallow (any plant of family Malvaceae); Asarum caulescens (species of wild ginger)
madder (esp. Japanese madder, Rubia argyi); madder (red color)
common reed (Phragmites australis)
common reed (Phragmites australis)
horse mackerel (Carangidae spp., esp. the Japanese horse mackerel, Trachurus japonicus); jack mackerel; pompano; scad
Japanese cherry birch (Betula grossa); yellow catalpa (Catalpa ovata); Japanese mallotus (Mallotus japonicus); printing block; catalpa bow; catalpa medium
aim; object; expectations; prospects; something that can be relied upon; snack served with alcoholic drink; pad
older sister; elder sister
figure; design; twill weave; pattern of diagonal stripes; style (of writing); figure (of speech); design
ayu (Plecoglossus altivelis); sweetfish
foxtail millet (Setaria italica); Italian millet (also Hungarian, German)
cheap; rash; thoughtless; careless
apricot (Prunus armeniaca)
greatness; excellence; magnificence
(arch.) peoples formerly of northern Japan with distinct language and culture (i.e. the Ainu); provincial (i.e. a person who lives far from the city); brutish, unsophisticated warrior (esp. used by Kyoto samurai to refer to samurai from eastern Japan); foreigner; barbarian
committee; commission; board; panel
leather strap binding the plates of traditional Japanese armor (armour)
(arch.) inspector (third highest of the four administrative ranks of the ritsuryō system); old man; white ash (of charcoal)
type of cleromancy divination (described in the Book of Changes) performed with long sticks; The Book of Changes; Yijing; I Ching
wise; clever; smart; well-behaved (esp. children and pets); obedient; good
(arch.) difference (from one another); (arch.) different thing; (arch.) other; unusual; extraordinary
weft; woof (crosswise threads on a loom)
interpenetration of spirit between the poet and nature in a haiku
what was said; what it means; origin of a story (or tradition, etc.)
medicine; the healing art; healing; doctor
the Boar (twelfth sign of the Chinese zodiac); the Pig; hour of the Boar (around 10pm, 9-11pm, or 10pm to 12 midnight); north-northwest; tenth month of the lunar calendar
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
rice plant (Oryza sativa)
thorny shrub; wild rose; briar; thorn; cusp
tuber; taro; yokel; bumpkin; dud; worthless thing