cutout; cutout picture; papercut art
night watch; fire watchman
printed style (of writing Chinese characters); square style; block style; standard style
opening (of a new office, facility, etc.)
katakana; angular Japanese syllabary used primarily for loanwords
wise younger brother; polite reference to another's younger brother, or to one's junior
to incline; to lean; to devote oneself to; to concentrate on; to ruin; to squander
vast; extensive; immense; huge; large; grand
paper mulberry (Broussonetia papyrifera)
structure; construction; posture (e.g. in martial arts); pose; readiness; determination
assorted vegetables for sukiyaki (esp. green onion)
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
ritual music and dancing in shrines and temples; rice dance; rice festival; tofu (or fish, etc.) baked and coated with miso; turning something in the manner one would use to cook dengaku-tofu on both sides
tofu; bean curd; beancurd
to offer; to present; to serve (food and drink); to offer (to the gods); to set up (before an altar)
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
showy; brilliant; gorgeous; florid; gay
senior priest (of a Shinto shrine, below chief priest and deputy chief priest); grasshopper; locust
Welsh onion (Allium fistulosum); green onion; spring onion
tree; shrub; bush; wood; timber
flattery; cajolery; flirtation
a little bit; a little while
inro; seal case; pill box; medicine case
internal medicine, i.e. treatment by medical procedures rather than surgical procedures; department of internal medicine (hospital, etc.)
to carry to extremes; to go to the end of something; to investigate thoroughly; to master
muteness; speech impairment; mute; deaf-mute
to be biased; to be prejudiced; to be partial; to be one-sided
to send (someone) back; to send (someone) home
edge; surface appearance; outer appearance
to dance (orig. a hopping dance)
door (esp. Japanese-style); shutter; window shutter; (arch.) entrance (to a home); (arch.) narrows
hot; warm; passionate; impassioned; on everybody's mind; on the radar
thin rice porridge; watery cooked rice; rice gruel; breakfast (in Zen temples)
to mind; to care about; to be an issue; to matter; to keep company; to care for; to interfere with
wife (esp. of a prominent, recently married man)
chum; pal; dagger; stiletto; unbalanced record of wins between two wrestlers
study; library; den; home office; reading room