succession to headship of a family
habit (usu. a bad one); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
to meet fortuitously; to meet by chance; to happen across
hoisting (e.g. a flag); raising; flying; putting up
tower; steeple; spire; stupa; pagoda; dagoba
to put to use; to make use of; to turn to account
information technology; IT
rearing; training; nurture; cultivation; promotion
sushi; range of dishes made with vinegared rice combined with fish, vegetables, egg, etc.
ramen; Chinese-style noodles
farming implement; farm tools
front entrance; front door
ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pitch (e.g. in baseball); pile (of noodles, etc.)
tool; implement; instrument; equipment
to degenerate; to lapse into
irrigation channel; irrigation ditch; irrigation canal; flume
usual; unchanging; eternal; same as always
scrubbing hard; scrubbing clean
sensitivity; sensibility; susceptibility; receptivity
drinking fountain; water fountain; bubbler; (animal) watering hole; water hole
improper; inappropriate; unjust; unfair; unreasonable
wood vinegar; pyroligneous acid
wood (for building); lumber; timber
cackling (sound of shrill laughter)
gorilla (Gorilla spp., esp. western gorilla, Gorilla gorilla)
shiritori; word-chain game; word game in which players must give a word starting with the last syllable of the word given by the previous player
seedling; young plant; rice seedling