daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)
ogre; demon; spirit of a deceased person; ogre-like person (i.e. fierce, relentless, merciless, etc.); it (in a game of tag, hide-and-seek, etc.); Chinese "ghost" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); very
child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young (animal); young woman; offshoot
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
painstaking piece of work; work of great effort; tour de force; toil; labor; labour
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
hardening; vulcanization; hardening (of attitude, stance, etc.); stiffening; upturn (in the market); firming up
master (of a house, shop, etc.); husband; sir; boss; patron of a mistress, geisha, bar or nightclub hostess; sugar daddy
to go to see (something, someone); to visit
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
diligent; hardworking; healthy; fit; (arch.) faithful; (arch.) devoted
osechi; food eaten during the New Year's Holidays
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
moreover; furthermore; nevertheless; and yet
modern; current; contemporary; trendy; latest; up-to-date
delicious; tasty; sweet; attractive; appealing; convenient
together (with); at the same time; in a lump
diligently; seriously; perfectly; properly; sufficiently; satisfactorily
of good omen; auspicious; lucky; auguring well (for); boding well (for)
to aim at (for, to do, to become); to try for; to have an eye on; to go toward; to head for
kamaboko; steamed seasoned fish paste, usu. in a semicylindrical shape on a strip of wood and sliced to go in soup, etc.
red; crimson; red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange); Red (i.e. communist); red light (traffic); red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading); (in) the red
white; innocence; innocent person; blank space; white go stone; white dragon tile; skewered grilled pig intestine
pounded fish cake; half a slice; half a ticket; ticket stub
ball; ball (pitch that falls outside of the strike zone); bowl; board (cardboard, pasteboard, etc.)
spit; skewer; proxy (computer server)
to pierce; to stab; to sting; to bite; to sew; to stitch; to pole (a boat)
dango; dumpling (usu. sweet); ball-shaped object; something round; lump; group
method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
to live; to get along; to spend (time)
in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; take care (so as); hoping or wishing for something
economic fortune; luck with money
to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)
mashed sweet potatoes (incl. sweetened chestnuts or beans)
unobstructed view; perspective; forecast; outlook; insight; foresight
chopped burdock root (and sometimes carrot) cooked in sugar and soy sauce
root (of a plant); root (of a tooth, hair, etc.); center (of a pimple, etc.); root (of all evil, etc.); source; one's true nature
tightly (holding on); firmly; strongly (built); solidly; properly; well
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
great burdock (Arctium lappa); gobo
flesh; meat; flesh (of a fruit); pulp; the physical body (as opposed to the spirit); flesh; thickness
roll (e.g. of cloth); winding (e.g. watch); volume (of book); speeding up; heel (of a Japanese sandal)