so (condensed milk product eaten in ancient Japan); Soviet Union
wound; injury; chip; crack; flaw; defect
the grass; grassy place (esp. with long dense grass)
warehouse; storehouse; cellar; magazine; granary; godown
mourning; (arch.) calamity; (arch.) misfortune
vibrancy; strength; one's prime (around age 30; esp. of a man); counter for cones or sticks of moxa burned on the skin (in moxibustion)
Song dynasty (of China; 960-1279); Sung dynasty; Liu Song dynasty (of China; 420-479); Liu Sung dynasty; Song (ancient Chinese state; 11th century-286 BCE); Sung
rural local self-government (Muromachi period)
fidelity; honour; honor; chastity (of a woman); faithfulness (e.g. to one's husband)
palace room for government officials; fellow; set (of people); clan
dregs; sediment; lees (esp. sake); leftovers; by-product; worthless item; junk
warp controller (on a loom)
clever; smart; sharp (ear, etc.); sensitive; discerning
algae; waterweed; seaweed; duckweed
clothing; dressing; binding (of a book)
spear; lance; javelin; lance; (arch.) jeering
frost; white hair; grey hair; gray hair
possession; ownership; Tibet; Tibetan people
counter for rules; rule; regulation
gear; speed (e.g. 4-speed transmission)
layman (esp. as opposed to a Buddhist monk); laity; local manners; modern customs; common; popular
low-ranking soldier; graduation; moving on (from); outgrowing (something); low-ranking samurai (1870-1872); death (of a noble, etc.)
sleeve; wing (of a stage, desk, gate, etc.); flap (of a dust jacket)
hitting a ball (with a bat, golf club, etc.); batting; stroke
poor; low-grade; load; pack; packhorse
bank (elevation in the seabed); pile; heap
sluggish; languid; listless; bothersome; tiresome; pain-in-the-ass
condition; figure; appearance; voice
moss; short plants resembling moss (incl. other bryophytes, lichens, very small spermatophytes, etc.)
eyebrow makeup; eyebrow pencil; blackened eyebrows; (metaphorically) distant mountain range
sea bream (esp. Pagrus major); porgy
waterfall; (arch.) rapids
table; desk; counter for tables, desks, etc.; offering table before an altar (sometimes used in tea ceremony); tabletop incense burner
seventh principle of the Eight Principles of Yong; stroke that falls leftwards with slight curve
house; home; one's house; one's home; one's husband
counter for choices, options, etc.
mountain stream; valley; dale; wetlands; swamp; marsh