to insert; to put in; to plant (a cutting); to strike; to arrange (flowers); to wear (a sword) in one's belt
sky; the air; weather; far-off place; distant place; state of mind; feeling
to get up (from sitting); to stand up; to (finally) start to do something; to get off one's backside; to take action
strict prohibition; ban; interdiction
to leave word; to leave a message
first floor; ground floor; one floor; one storey; one rank
narrow; confined; small; limited; narrow-minded; confining
wooden floor; room with a wooden floor; changing room (at a public bath)
shoji (paper sliding door)
tatami mat (esp. as a measure of room size, either 1.82 sqm or 1.54 sqm)
neighbour to the right (person, building, etc.)
closet (built into the wall, usu. with sliding doors); (built-in) wardrobe
to be arranged (flowers, etc.); to be on display; to be buried
counter for people (usu. seating, reservations and such); first name; famous; great; name; noun
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to add up to; to advance (in price)
to follow; to come along (with); to accompany; to come with (something); to follow as a result (of); to be incidental (to)
too (much); overly; excessively
instead; but (on the other hand)
fusuma; Japanese sliding screen
to be put in order; to be put to rights; to be disposed of; to be solved; to be finished; to be married (off)
yuzen (dyeing method or pattern); silk printed by the yuzen process
mainly; primarily; mostly; largely; chiefly
imbalance; disproportion; disparity; mismatch; asymmetry
charming; captivating; bewitching; seductive; coquettish
lower tier; lower step; lower column; low position (of a sword in kendo, etc.)
sake bottle; tall and slender bottle with a narrow mouth made from ceramic, metal or glass that can be used for sake, shoyu or rice vinegar; turtleneck (sweater); non-swimmer; person who cannot swim
one-shō bottle (approx. 1.8 litres)
while (one is at it); when; on the occasion of; at the same time (as); on one's way (to); by the way
coating (esp. lacquering)
-off (price reduction); discount; -coated; -plated
one-by-one; separately; in detail
memory; recollection; remembrance; memory; storage
caricature; cartoon; comics
a lot; lots; enough; sufficient; enough; too many
centimeter (esp. of cannon caliber, etc.)
magnifying glass; wrestler of the lowest rank
occurrence; incidence; generation (of power, heat, etc.); production; ontogeny; development