master and servant; lord and retainer; employer and employee
to grant (request, wish); to answer (prayer); to make come true (e.g. a dream); to realize; to fulfill
sound; noise; (speech) sound; Chinese-derived reading of a kanji
three temporal states of existence; past, present and future; three generations
to pose as; to (successfully) impersonate; to pretend to be; to (completely) become; to (fully) turn into
this world; this life; current epoch (i.e. the Holocene epoch)
to rise (of smoke, steam, etc.); to go up
white clothes; white robe; white gown (worn by doctors, chemists, etc.); commoner without rank (in ancient China); layperson
yen (currency of Japan); circle
Buddhist name; priest's name (on entering the priesthood); posthumous Buddhist name
wintry; very cold-looking (e.g. landscape); bleak (e.g. room, street); desolate; empty (of furnishings)
falling cherry blossoms; storm of falling cherry blossoms
(high) mountain; Mount; Mt.; mountain peak
ginkgo (Ginkgo biloba); gingko; maidenhair tree
to turn yellow; to become tinged with yellow; to yellow (with age)
shrike (any bird of family Laniidae); bull-headed shrike (Lanius bucephalus); butcher bird
scaffold; scaffolding; foothold; footing; foothold (e.g. in business); foundation
carving; engraving; chiselled features
lacquerer; lacquer craftsman; lacquer artist
omen (usu. good); (auspicious) sign; first two anniversaries of a person's death
to rest; to suspend; to give relief
neophyte; new monk (or nun); new convert (to Buddhism)
cooked rice; meal; food; one's living; livelihood
wood chips; wood offcuts; wood shavings; sawdust
cicadas that sing when autumn comes
bento; Japanese box lunch
toddling; with small, quick steps; restlessly; in continuous motion; quickly and easily; often
mourning; abstinence; taboo; religious purification; pure; holy
to (call and) stop; to call (someone) to stop; to hail (e.g. a taxi)
since when; from when; how long
(someone else's) parents; both parents
Buddhist priest; monk; son (of others)
riddle; puzzle; enigma; enigmatic; mysterious