mandarin (esp. the satsuma mandarin (Citrus unshiu)); mandarin orange; tangerine; citrus (Citrus spp.)
home; household; family; hearth
potato (Solanum tuberosum)
cabbage (Brassica oleracea)
clumsy (work); awkward; poorly made; ugly (of a person); unattractive; plain
weeding; weeder; weeding fork
farm work; field labour; field labor
nine (in mekuri karuta); oicho-kabu (traditional Japanese gambling game)
valid; proper; right; appropriate; reasonable
playing with dirt; gardening; farming (as a hobby)
(land) with a thump; slumping (of something heavy); (lying down) with a flop; effortlessly (throw onto); roundishly (shaped; of something large)
what is learned in the cradle is carried to the tomb
millet or rice cake, roasted and hardened with starch syrup and sugar (sometimes including peanuts, soybeans, etc.)
koku; traditional unit of volume, approx. 180.4 litres; measure of a Japanese-style boat's loading capacity (approx. 278.26 liters)
queen; queen; queen (chess piece); Queen (highest title for female players in competitive karuta)
heavy labor; heavy labour; hard work; hard labor (in prison); hard labour
exposure to the sun; sunny place
exposure to the sun; sunny place; per day
visibly; openly; publicly
salt; salt content; amount of salt; salinity
kindness; favor; favour; goodwill; affection; liking (for someone)
water supply; water service; channel; strait; water course; waterway
hard worker; hardworking person
laying (a railroad, pipes, naval mines, etc.); construction
stock; share; stump; (clump of) roots; plant with attached roots or stem; strain (of bacteria, etc.); stock company
stopcock (gas, water); main valve; main tap; stop tap
painful; being sorry; feeling sorry
cooperation; collaboration; association; community; communal use; common possession
water tank; cistern; fish tank; aquarium
(dead) body; corpse; carcass; remains
cool (temperature, color, etc.); cool (i.e. calm and collected); cool-headed; cool (i.e. fashionable or stylish); course (of medical treatment)
all right; very well; okay; I got it
drainage; draining; pumping out (water); displacement
to loathe to part (with); to be reluctant to leave (someone)
great success; roaring business; busy; packed-out