sunlight; rays of the Sun
characteristic (of); peculiar (to)
(overnight) stay; lodging; inn; hotel; night duty; anchorage
both; many; various; together
(plain) hot water; boiled water
to shake; to jolt; to shake (e.g. the political world); to disturb; to put off a batter (by varying one's type of pitch)
toy; (person or thing treated as a) plaything
lowly person; lowliness; I
Hokuriku region (of Honshu; incl. Niigata, Toyama, Ishikawa and Fukui prefectures)
commerce; trade; business
prosperity; flourishing; thriving
Chinese person; (arch.) foreigner
(large) building; public building; hall
ridge (of roof); back of a sword; counter for buildings, apartments, etc.
December; twelfth month of the lunar calendar
to manage something successfully; to be successful
ape mask; ape-like face; ape face
remarkably; markedly; rapidly; sound of breaking or creaking
influence; power; (arch.) flapping of wings
to make something one's own; to appropriate for oneself
to expand; to swell (out); to get big; to become inflated
on the way; as one goes; in the future; someday; eventually
rule over the whole country
to look on enviously while doing nothing; (lit.) to hold a finger in one's mouth
win or lose; sink or swim; make or break; all or nothing
do-or-die game; crucial contest
(being) empty-handed; lapse of manners of paying a visit without taking a gift
to be sensible; to be smart; to be tasteful; to be thoughtful; to be tactful; to be sensitive
near; close by; within reach; familiar
to curry favour (with); to play up (to); to cozy up (to); to butter up
steadily; unflaggingly; untiringly; knocking; tapping; clicking
to pull out; to draw out; to pick out; to take (a sample); to steal (the contents of something); to pilfer
thorn; spine; splinter (esp. lodged in one's flesh); hard sharp item (esp. lodged in one's throat, e.g. fish bone); biting words
cellar; cave; hole in the ground
each (person); individually; one by one; one at a time; in turn
washing; sashimi chilled in iced water
to make; to manufacture; to build; to construct; to prepare; to get ready; to dress (oneself in)
please!; I'm asking you; for heaven's sake
medicine; medical art; medical skills
Tang dynasty (of China; 618-907); T'ang dynasty; (arch.) China; (arch.) foreign country