My words

玄関

entranceway, entry hall, vestibule, foyer, entryway, mud room

押し入れ

closet

代金

だいきん

price, payment, cost, charge, the money, the bill

絵はがき

えはがき

picture postcard

箸置き

はしおき

chopstick rest

嫌い

きらい

dislike, hate, suspicion, tendency, smack (of), distinction, discrimination

洗濯

せんたく

washing, laundry

アルバイト

part-time job, side job, albite

短い

みじかい

short

低い

ひくい

low (rank, degree, value, content, quality, etc.), low (position), close to the ground, short (height), deep (voice), in a low key, low (volume)

ゆっくり

slowly, at ease, restful

疲れ

つかれ

tiredness, fatigue

紅葉

こうよう もみじ

autumn colours, fall colors, leaves changing color (colour), leaves turning red, red leaves, leaves turning yellow, yellow leaves, (Japanese) maple (Acer japonicum), venison

東

あずま あづま

eastern Japan (esp. Kamakura or Edo, from perspective of Kyoto or Nara), eastern provinces, east, six-stringed Japanese zither, my spouse

介護

かいご

nursing, care, caregiving, caring

演劇

えんげき

drama, theatre, theater, play, drama

凧揚げ

たこあげ

kite flying

役割

やくわり

part, assigning (allotment of) parts, role, duties

鴬

うぐいす ウグイス

Japanese bush warbler, Japanese nightingale (Cettia diphone), greenish brown, having a beautiful voice

蒸し暑い

むしあつい

humid, sultry

露

つゆ

dew, tears, (not) a bit, (not) at all

田植え

たうえ

rice planting

稲

いね

rice-plant

除夜の鐘

じょやのかね

temple bell rung 108 times on New Year's Eve

雨期

うき

rainy season

正月

しょうがつ

New Year (esp. first three days), the first month of the year, January

魚釣り

さかなつり うおつり いおつり

fishing

晴れる

はれる

to clear up, to clear away, to be sunny, to stop raining, to refresh (e.g. spirits), to be cleared (e.g. of a suspicion), to be dispelled, to be banished

曇り

くもり

cloudiness, cloudy weather, shadow

曇る

くもる

to get cloudy, to cloud over, to become overcast, to cloud up, to fog up, to mist up, to become dim, to be gloomy, to be clouded (expression), to be downcast, to look slightly downward (of a noh mask; indicating sadness, grief, etc.)