several; a few; number; quantity; counting; calculation; number
if; when; when it comes to ...; as for ...; why don't you ...; why not ...
to tie; to bind; to fasten; to restrict (freedom); to tie down (with rules, regulations, etc.); to fetter
(the) second (party, rank, etc.); B (grade); stylish; chic; strange; quaint
your native country; your hometown; my home country (i.e. Japan); countryside; country; (arch.) daimyo's territory (Edo period)
(arch.) peoples formerly of northern Japan with distinct language and culture (i.e. the Ainu); provincial (i.e. a person who lives far from the city); brutish, unsophisticated warrior (esp. used by Kyoto samurai to refer to samurai from eastern Japan); foreigner; barbarian
to sow; to plant; to sow (the seeds of; e.g. conflict); to sprinkle (gold or silver powder on lacquerware)
qian (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: heaven, northwest)
huge rock; massive boulder
living; life; judo art of resuscitation; action; activity
Bupleurum root; Radix Bupleuri
(large) building; public building; hall
to squint (one eye); to narrow
counter for nights of a stay; overnight stay; lodging
public bath located in a city or town
same village; that village
mechanism used to lift an actor onto the stage (in kabuki)
Japan; Yamato (former province located in present-day Nara Prefecture)
elegance; grace; article; item; counter for items (of food, etc.); counter for dishes or courses (at a restaurant)
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
descending a mountain; descent
Chinese "Willow" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
(arch.) a weight; temple supervisor; town (of China)
kaiseki; sophisticated traditional Japanese cuisine brought in courses; simple meal eaten before tea is served
-off (price reduction); discount; -coated; -plated
color of water after washing rice (colour)
swelling; boil; abscess; tumor; tumour