Japanese apricot (Prunus mume); Japanese plum; ume; lowest (of a three-tier ranking system)
finely chopped katsuobushi, sometimes with soy sauce
walleye pollack roe (generally served salted and spiced with red pepper)
someone with a liking or characteristic; a true representative of (place)
mark (for quick identification or recognition); sign; landmark; guide; (arch.) trademark
to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included
fortune slip (usu. bought at a shrine)
to peel; to skin; to pare; to hull; to bare (e.g. fangs); to open wide (e.g. eyes)
nori; laver; edible seaweed, usu. Porphyra yezoensis or P. tenera, usu. dried and pressed into sheets
perfectly round; perfectly circular
to bite into; to sink one's teeth into
seasoning with salt; amount of salt
just right (time, size, length, etc.)
seasoning; flavour; flavor
to look out over; to survey (scene); to take an extensive view of
wind; breeze; manner; behaviour; cold; influenza
to rock; to shake; to swing
chirp; twitter; warble; whale tongue
to a surprising degree; to a remarkable extent; surprisingly; astonishingly; amazingly; alarmingly
(animal) feed; fodder; pet food; bait; lure; enticement
stand; rack; support; holder; counter for machines, incl. vehicles; setting (e.g. in jewellery); level (e.g. price level)
apple (fruit); apple tree (Malus pumila)
white-eye family of birds (Zosteropidae); Japanese white-eye (Zosterops japonicus)
grey starling (Sturnus cineraceus); gray starling; starling (any bird of family Sturnidae); bumpkin; gullible person; sixty-nine (sexual position)
to come; to go; to be (somewhere); to be (doing)
Eurasian jay (Garrulus glandarius)
crow (Corvus spp.); raven
companion; fellow; group; company; member of the same category (family, class)
cry (esp. animal); roar; chirp; tweet; bark; whine
by all means; at all costs; absolutely
restless; fidgety; in a hurry
sunlight; rays of the Sun
magnification; enlargement; expansion; amplification
special; particular; extraordinary; exceptional; especial
eager; earnest; strenuous; fervent; assiduous; with utmost effort
same; similar; (just) like; equal
to make an appearance; to show up
to hold one's breath; to bate one's breath
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)