special; particular; extraordinary; exceptional; especial
on the least pretext; at the drop of a hat
wood; lumber; (raw) material; stuff; talent; ability
form; tense; adjective; i-adjective (in Japanese)
squared timber; rectangular lumber
fragment; scrap; cut end; cut-off piece; chip; odds and ends
Kawachi (former province located in the east of present-day Osaka Prefecture)
district; county; district (of 2-20 50-home neighbourhoods or townships, in the ritsuryo period)
muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line
article; item; quality; flirtatiousness; coquetry
Tenpyō era (729.8.5-749.4.14); Tenbyō era; Tenhei era
Shōtoku Taishi (574CE-627CE); Prince Shōtoku
mausoleum; shrine; the (imperial) court
change; alteration; substitute; rate of exchange
prizing; valuing highly; esteeming
failure; mistake; blunder
mincing; cutting; rapping (a percussion instrument); beating; shredded tobacco; interval
because of; owing to; due to
salary; pay; medical care; treatment; advance preparation
shōchū; Japanese spirit distilled from sweet potatoes, rice, etc.
(medical) doctor; physician
I'm off; see you later; to go (and then come back)
trouble; difficulties; dispute; confusion; disorder; mess
thankfully; fortunately; luckily; thanks to your (his, their, everyone's, etc.) kindness; thanks to your assistance; thanks to your support
to leave as is; to ignore
to be on the verge of; to be about to; to be on the point of
blue; azure; green; pale; gray; unripe
Awa (former province located in the south of present-day Chiba Prefecture)
to turn over; to turn pages of a book; to tear off; to strip off; to tear up
blood clam (Scapharca broughtonii); ark shell
piece of meat; cut of meat
splendid; magnificent; utter (esp. defeat); total; (arch.) something worth seeing; (arch.) sight
to pry; to prize; to prise
harsh (taste, feeling, etc.); acrid; sharp (language, question, etc.); biting; nasty; gross