village; hamlet; countryside; country; home (of one's parents, etc.); hometown
disguising oneself as a man; dressing as a man (for a woman); male clothing
going in and out; entering and exiting; visiting regularly; frequenting; income and expenditure; incomings and outgoings; increase and decrease
pride; self-confidence; thinking highly of oneself; being proud of one's abilities or achievements
cold water; cold sake; cold; cool
courtyard; quadrangle; middle court
peeling off (e.g. of paint); falling off (e.g. of tiles); exfoliation; desquamation; excoriation
cattle or horse trader; good judge of horses or cattle
distemper painting; painting made with gold or silver paint (usu. on a dark background)
fusuma; Japanese sliding screen
(cute) suffix for familiar person; cute adjective form
to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations
mystery; curiosity; strangeness; ghost; monster; apparition
big man; large man; tall man; giant
grizzled; (hair) streaked with grey (gray)
Japanese mugwort (Artemisia princeps); mugwort (any plant of genus Artemisia); wormwood; sagebrush
sparkle of one's eyes; insight; discernment; penetration
the way it was; the way it used be; as of old; in former times
how long; how far; how much
science (inc. mathematics, medicine, etc.); natural science; science department (university); science course; science (as a school subject)
to grant; to give; to confer; to teach; to instruct; to impart (knowledge)
number of (large) animals
burglary; burglar; closet
Sarcandra glabra (species of flowering shrub in the family Chloranthaceae); 1000 ryō (an old Japanese coin)
excellent calligraphy; calligraphy
advertising the excellence of one's wares; boasting; self-advertisement; statement of the virtues of a medicine; description of the virtues of a drug
four; four years of age; ten o'clock (old time system); Burakumin; cross grips
period of time (usu. a period of approx. two hours corresponding to one of the signs of the Chinese zodiac); victory; strictness; cruelty
particle; atom; little piece; not at all; not the slightest
to run counter to; to go against; to disobey; to infringe
danger; peril; hazard; risk
subordinate; underling; henchman; minion
patience; perseverance; persistence; tenacity; energy
to wait for one's chance; to wait for an opportunity
inside of a castle; area surrounded by castle walls
vast; huge; immense; malva nut (Sterculia lychnophora)