on the light side (weight); (relative) lightness
half the body; half length
cucumber (Cucumis sativus)
miso; fermented condiment usu. made from soybeans; innards (from crabs, shrimps, etc.) resembling miso; key point; main point; weakling
once and for all; completely; spotlessly
(United States of) America; USA
(arch.) eastern Japan (esp. Kamakura or Edo, from perspective of Kyoto or Nara); (arch.) eastern provinces; (arch.) east; wagon; yamatogoto
import; importation; introduction; afferent
to become muddy; to become cloudy; to become dull (of a sound, color, etc.); to become indistinct; to become impure (of one's heart, a society, etc.); to be corrupted
unrefined sake; unfiltered sake; cloudy sake
on the occasion of; at the time of
way of eating; how to eat
white sauce; béchamel sauce
one plate (of food); one dish; one helping
drinker; person who can hold their drink
plump; fat; thick (e.g. curry); full (e.g. lips)
feel (of a material); texture
prayer (for something); supplication
with a clink (click, clack)
feel on the tongue (of food or drink); texture
one more time; once more; once again
to rub together; to reconcile (ideas, proposals, plans); to compare and adjust
taking; taker; last performer of the day (usu. the star performer); last performance of the day; active partner (e.g. in judo demonstration); emphatic or formal prefix
hard fight; close game; struggle; tight contest
to arrive at (e.g. a decision); to reach (a stage); to lead to (a place); to get to; in the extreme case of; (arch.) to come
quietly; softly; seriously; solemnly; sadly
first 17-syllable verse of a renga; haiku; first five-syllable line of a tanka
grasping (with one's bare hands); holding; grabbing; seizing; catching
bad mannered; naughty; misbehaving
vigorously (ripping, tearing, scratching, etc.); roughly; (eating) with a crunch; stiff; starchy; (working) hard
established practice; custom
extermination; elimination; renouncing worldly desires (in order to concentrate on Buddhist teachings); curing (an illness)
Sunday; nth day (of the month); counter for days; Japan
interval; period of time; among; between; good opportunity; chance
marshland; wetland; swampland
to lose sight of (one's companions); to stray from; to miss (one's chance to ...)
(on) land; ground; shore; track and field; athletics
occurrence; incidence; generation (of power, heat, etc.); production; ontogeny; development
toad (esp. the Japanese toad, Bufo japonicus)