bright red; deep red; flushed (of face); downright (e.g. lie); complete; utter
serious; honest; sober; grave; earnest; steady
imitating; copying; mimicry; behavior; behaviour; action
straight (ahead); direct; upright; straightforward; honest; frank
pure white; blank (e.g. mind, paper)
middle; centre; center; midpoint; heart
just; right; pure; genuine; truth
at the very beginning; first of all; first and foremost; before anything else
total darkness; pitch dark; bleak future; poor prospects
serious look (on one's face); straight face
directly opposite; right in front
deep blue; bright blue; ghastly pale; pallid; white as a sheet
just above; right overhead
spread-out sail; full sail; (sailing) downwind
(right at the) side; just beside
middle of summer; height of summer; midsummer
right under; directly below
right in the center (centre)
overserious; deeply sincere; very earnest
head-on; to one's face; squarely; directly; flatly (e.g. refuse)
proper; respectable; decent; honest
to take seriously; to take someone at their word; to believe (to be true)
right in the middle (of); midst; height
sincerity; true heart; devotion
imitation; copy; make-believe; doing something in a way that only superficially resembles the real thing
deadly serious; deadly earnest
middle; centre; center; midpoint; heart
yew plum pine (Podocarpus macrophyllus)
kanji (as opposed to kana); printed style (of writing Chinese characters); square style; real name
not serious; frivolous; insincere; unsteady
pitch dark; total darkness
directly opposite; right in front
right in the midst of; right at the height of
to lose hope; to be plunged into darkness
head over heels; headlong; head first
straight; as the crow flies
Japanese spindle tree (Euonymus sieboldianus)
tomfoolery; monkey business
head-on fight; direct confrontation; head-to-head contest
right in front; just opposite; under the nose
(arch.) Mahito (highest of the eight hereditary titles); you
height of; middle of; full bloom
fresh water; fiscal spending; government pump priming
(not) by any means; (not) for anything; wouldn't do for anything; had enough; flatly refusing
mimicry; imitation (of someone, something)
an honest man; a good citizen
to become extremely serious (in attitude); to look solemn; to assume a solemn air
very bright red; deep red; extremely flushed (of face); downright (e.g. lie); complete; utter
right opposite; directly across; just in front of; face to face
directly opposite; right in front; middle of the forehead; helmet front
overly serious; serious to a fault; humorless
learning by watching others; learning by imitation
feigned tears; crocodile tears
the head; the foremost; beginning; the very front
the front; honesty; uprightness; decency; normality
mimicking someone's speech; imitating someone's way of speaking; mimicry
complete lie; outright lie
gesture; sign; hand signal
by no means; never!; something unexpected; emergency; (arch.) currently; (arch.) for the time being
mimicking a bird or animal call; imitating a call or a sound
day on which the temperature rises above 30 degrees Celsius
indiscriminate imitation; monkey see, monkey do; blind follower
imitating; copying; mimicking
to torment by slow degrees; to torture slowly; to drag things out; to reproach in a roundabout way; (lit.) to strangle with floss silk
the head; the foremost; beginning; the very front
perfectly round; perfectly circular
had enough; flatly refusing; wouldn't do for anything; begging pardon
proximity; nearness; soon; nearby
wholeheartedly; with all one's heart; cordially; sincerely
red sea bream (Pagrus major); Japanese sea bream; red tai; porgy
oriental melon (Cucumis melo var. Makuwa)
right opposite; directly across; just in front of; face to face
headlong; head over heels
pitch black; completely black
earnest; singlehanded; face to face; straight ahead; just in front of
height of; middle of; full bloom
Japanese timber bamboo (Phyllostachys bambsoides); giant timber bamboo; madake
the point just before; the point of doing; the verge of happening
white-naped crane (Grus vipio)
Manchurian wild rice (Zizania latifolia)
dead center; dead centre; right in the middle
evergreen (esp. one planted or used at a shrine)
day on which the temperature fails to reach 0 degrees Centigrade
southerly breeze; true wind
(wearing) low over one's eyes
mallard (Anas platyrhynchos); mallard duck
at full speed; impetuously; precipitately; headlong
chopping board; cutting board
Japanese kelp (Laminaria japonica)
chub mackerel (Scomber japonicus)
monkey (esp. the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata)
great and splendid land (of Yamato); spiritual center of the land; one's spiritual home; excellent location; splendid place
Japanese jack mackerel; Japanese horse mackerel (Trachurus japonicus)
common octopus (Octopus vulgaris)
someone doomed to their fate; (lit.) fish on the chopping board
type of long chopsticks used in the preparation of fish; type of long chopsticks used to hold the fish in carving knife ceremony
Pacific oyster (Crassostrea gigas)
brown sole (Pleuronectes herzensteini)
prime of life; noontide of life
book written entirely in kanji
great and splendid land (Yamato word); excellent location; splendid place
makko-ho (set of four exercises for general health)
writing in kanji; something written in kanji
spindle tree; euonymus alatus f. ciliatodentatus
put your household shrine in a high position in the front of the house and your Buddhist altar in the back
perfectly clear and serene sky
Corbicula leana (species of basket clam)
Choenomeles lagenaria; maboke flowering quince
(arch.) mirror; Mafutsu no Kagami (alternate name for Yata no Kagami, the mirror of the Imperial regalia)
incense variety used in kōdō (orig. from eastern India)
incense variety used in kōdō (orig. from Malacca)
Japanese common squid; Pacific flying squid (Todarodes pacificus); golden cuttlefish (Sepia esculenta); Japanese spineless cuttlefish (Sepiella japonica)
ramie (Boehmeria nivea var. nipononivea)
Pacific cod (Gadus macrocephalus)
dried young anchovies (or sardines)
flathead (Platycephalus sp.)
Japanese pilchard (Sardinops melanostictus); Japanese sardine
butterfish (any fish of family Stromateidae, esp. species Pampus punctatissimus); harvestfish; rudderfish
great and splendid land (Yamato word); excellent location; splendid place
marbled sole (Pleuronectes yokohamae)
yellowfin goby (Acanthogobius flavimanus)
greater white-fronted goose (Anser albifrons)
Eurasian siskin (species of songbird, Carduelis spinus)
sevenband grouper (species of fish, Epinephelus septemfasciatus); convict grouper
short-beaked common dolphin (Delphinus delphis)
striped marlin (Tetrapturus audax)
purple puffer (Takifugu porphyreus)
green peafowl (Pavo muticus)
common Japanese conger eel (Conger myriaster)
Ixodes ovatus (species of tick)
short-finned pilot whale (Globicephala macrorhynchus)
freshwater jellyfish (Craspedacusta sowerbii); peach blossom jellyfish
sea pineapple (Halocynthia roretzi)
straight (ahead); direct; upright; straightforward; honest; frank
(house with a) gabled roof
writing entirely in kanji
Asiatic jasmine (Trachelospermum asiaticum); Asian jasmine
Asiatic jasmine (Trachelospermum asiaticum); Asian jasmine
Asiatic jasmine (Trachelospermum asiaticum); Asian jasmine