mutual financing association
relatives and old friends
bathing; washing one's body or hair; ablution; (arch.) receiving a blessing
seventh principle of the Eight Principles of Yong; stroke that falls leftwards with slight curve
challenging (an unknown person); asking a person's identity
watermelon (Citrullus lanatus)
privacy; secrecy; confidentiality
clearing out people (from room, etc.); ordering people to leave
four and a half tatami mats; four-and-a-half-mat room; small room esp. for assignations
accident; incident; trouble; circumstances; reasons
to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in
hilt (of a sword); haft (of a dagger); handle; handgrip
to lay hands on; to touch; to care for; to look after; to make off with; to steal
to surround; to encircle; to besiege; to lay siege to; to play (go, shogi, etc.)
rudeness; impoliteness; discourtesy; insolence
important; momentous; essential; principal; major
boo! (sound used to scare someone); ugh (dissatisfaction, aggravation); ulp (consternation)
to advise strongly; to insist (on something)
as it is; as one likes; because; condition; state
lie; falsehood; fiction; fabrication
hand-to-hand fighting; grappling; scuffling
sound of footsteps; sense or sign that something is approaching
straight; quickly; quietly; gently; to feel refreshed; to feel satisfied
equal; identical; the same; no different (to); just like; equivalent
mud; slush; (wet) dirt; thief
to rise up (e.g. pillar of smoke); to go up
to be temperate in; to refrain; to make notes; to jot down (e.g. phone number); to be in preparation for; to be in waiting for
origin; beginning; variable measure of fabric (28.8 cm in width); for kimonos: at least 10 m in length; tip; extremity
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
bizarre; strange; eccentric; odd; queer
loincloth; waistcloth; kimono underskirt
threshold (esp. one with grooves for sliding doors); sill
on the occasion of; circumstances; juncture
engawa; external corridor on the outer side of traditional Japanese houses; bone at the base of a fin; meat at the base of a fin (esp. of a flatfish)
both hands; both arms; ten
to pick up; to adopt (e.g. a proposal); to accept; to take away; to confiscate; to deliver (a baby)