to choke; to have trouble breathing
reward; recompense; tip; conveyance charge; packhorse charge
to shake; to sway; to rock; to become unstable; to become unsettled; to be shaken
dizziness; giddiness; vertigo
smell; scent; aura; whiff; faint, mist-like pattern along the temper line of a Japanese sword
feeling; sensation; preparedness; readiness; thought; sentiment
inattention; absent-mindedness
samurai's attendant; footman
parting (of people); separation; farewell; breakup
Tōkaidō (Edo-period Edo-Kyoto highway); Tōkaidō (under the ritsuryō system; one of the seven districts of ancient Japan)
shaking (something) out; starting point; beginning; drawing (e.g. of a bill); issue; throw (of dice); infusion (remedy)
lodging; relay station; post town; constellation; mansion (in Chinese astronomy)
shop; store; someone who sells (something) or works as (something); someone with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof
average; medium; mid-grade (item); regular grade; same level as; equal to
black; dark; blackish; suspicious; criminal; darkened and dirty; sooty
horse; horse racing; promoted bishop; knight (court card in mekuri karuta and unsun karuta)
traveller; traveler; wayfarer; tourist
shade; shadow; behind (something); other side; the background; behind the scenes
bottle gourd (Lagenaria siceraria var. hispida); calabash; moonflower (Ipomoea alba)
sprinkling water (to keep down dust, cool pavements, etc.)
needle; pin; hook; stinger; thorn; hand (e.g. clock, etc.); pointer
abacus; soroban; calculation (esp. of profit and loss); reckoning
pottery; earthenware; ceramics; porcelain
device; instrument; vessel; container; ability; capacity
demon's prayer (Ōtsu-e motif depicting a demon wearing monk's robes and holding a bell)
signboard depicting scene from a play (usu. outside a theatre)
T-shaped wooden bell hammer
Ōtsu-e; Edo-period folk art genre of painting originating in Ōtsu
mourning; abstinence; taboo; religious purification; pure; holy
uncle; old man; mister; manybar goatfish (Parupeneus multifasciatus)
wisteria (esp. Japanese wisteria, Wisteria floribunda); wistaria
outdoor fire with dense smoke to repel mosquitoes; mosquito-fumigation
paint; coloring materials; colors; colours
tortoiseshell (of the hawksbill turtle); bekko; tortoiseshell (esp. of the Chinese soft-shelled turtle)
to hit (someone); to strike; to make (a speech); to give (an address); to gamble
glasses; eyeglasses; judgment; judgement; four-eyes
piece of wood at the front edge of an entranceway floor; front portion of the floor of the genkan
weariness (from); fatigue; tiredness; exhaustion
to live under another's roof; to become a dependent on; to flatten oneself (against); to lean in close to
to hang one's head; to look down; to cast one's eyes downward
painter; artist; illustrator