indiscriminate reading; unsystematic reading; desultory reading; reading at random
book of registration; text of a play
monkey (esp. the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata); ape; sly person; idiot; hick; sliding wooden bolt (for holding a door or window shut); clasp used to control the height of a pot-hook
youth; child (esp. of the young son of someone of high social standing); young; new
kitchen maid; kitchen duties; cooking
counter for wheels and flowers
comical pair; pair of buffoons
rock; boulder; crag; cliff; anchor
suspension bridge; viaduct; temporary bridge; mediation; go-between
mountain; hill; mine (e.g. coal mine); heap; pile; crown (of a hat); thread (of a screw)
eruption; volcanic eruption
Bon festival; Feast of Lanterns
stage (theatre, theater); scene or setting (e.g. of novel, play, etc.)
face; mask; face guard; (in kendo) striking the head; surface (esp. a geometrical surface); page; aspect
chief actor (e.g. of a kabuki play)
promotion; advancement; rising in rank
script; screenplay; scenario
performance (of a play, opera, etc.); staging; presentation
conflict; complication; troubles; discord
large; big; older; senior; final; ultimate
to turn; to revolve; to visit several places; to function well; to pass a certain time
make-up; makeup; cosmetics
stock; share; stump; (clump of) roots; plant with attached roots or stem; strain (of bacteria, etc.); stock company
rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk
common saying; popular version; folklore; tradition
moving tale; impressive tale
gate; branch of learning based on the teachings of a single master; division; phylum; counter for cannons
account; history; chronicle; Kojiki; Records of Ancient Matters
grhapati (layman; sometimes used as a posthumous suffix); private-sector scholar
(outward) appearance; (proper) format (e.g. of an essay); form; appearances; decency; lip-service
class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate
quarrel; brawl; fight; squabble; scuffle; argument
clanship; clannism; clan favoritism; clan favouritism
attack; assault; raid; criticism; censure; denunciation
circle; entirety; whole; money; dough; enclosure inside a castle's walls; soft-shelled turtle
sad fate; tragic doom; ill fate
Kōzuke (former province located in present-day Gunma Prefecture)
Shōgitai (group of former Tokugawa retainers opposed to the Meiji government and fought in the battle of Ueno)