characteristic; feature; idiosyncrasy; spot color (in printing)
tree; shrub; bush; wood; timber
dictionary; lexicon; (arch.) letter of resignation
to scratch; to perspire; to shovel; to paddle
peace; tranquility; tranquillity; (arch.) happy-go-lucky
family name; professional name
geographical dictionary; gazetteer
assistant engineer; (telegraph) operator
being out of office; lacking a title
to peel; to skin; to pare; to hull; to bare (e.g. fangs); to open wide (e.g. eyes)
laying on thickly; thick layer
suckling child; babe in arms; child at the breast; baby; infant
base (of a plant, tree, pillar, etc.); (part near the) root; roots (of one's hair); root (e.g. of a problem); source
equanimity; upeksa; upekkha
child; boy; (arch.) I; (arch.) me
leaving (fleeing) the capital
third rank (in the Japanese court system); Trinity; the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit
this world; this life; current epoch (i.e. the Holocene epoch)
order; command; directions; instructions
person killed in action; the war dead
(dead) body; corpse; carcass; remains
to find out; to discover; to locate
prime minister; premier; chancellor
request; favor; favour; reliance; dependence; trust
room for zazen meditation; room for Buddhist practices; Zen monk's quarters; head priest (of a Zen temple)
to divide; to cut; to halve; to break; to crack; to dilute; to fall below
English letter; alphabetic character
how many people; a number of people
to impose; to visit upon; to inflict
travelling inspector of the provincial governments (Nara and Heian-period position)
ridge of earth between rice fields; ridge between grooves in threshold or lintel; footpath between rice fields; causeway
to be transparent; to show through
(your, his, her) daughter
qin (7-stringed Chinese zither); guqin
memento (from a dead person); souvenir; keepsake; orphan; posthumous child
restless; on edge (and unable to concentrate); distracted; for some reason
to turn; to revolve; to visit several places; to function well; to pass a certain time
dusk; twilight; twilight years; melancholia; melancholic nostalgia