clue; lead; key; handhold; hold
to keep in mind; to bear in mind; to try; to aim to do; to endeavor; to endeavour
-clad; in the midst of; tenths (e.g. wholesale price, as tenths of retail price); times (i.e. multiplied by); able-to-seat (of a chair, etc.)
to handle; to manage; to deal with; to rear; to look after
quilt; bedspread; cover (for a kotatsu quilt); cloak; smock; second dyeing
taking a quantity (of time, people, etc.); similar to ...; dependent on ...; reliant on ...; while ...; when ...
making a prayer (to a god or Buddha)
(mental) attitude; way of thinking; attention; care; prudence; intention
foothold; footing; toehold; stepping stone
false accusation; pretext; picking a quarrel; committing oneself
unexpected; contrary to expectations; by chance; casual
in a body; concentrated force; combined efforts
tucking up the sleeves of a kimono with a tasuki
(being) about to start out; (being) about to leave; having just left; (being) on the way
to accuse someone falsely; to make a false charge
to be affected; to be theatrical; to be pompous
cleaning with a cloth (floors, etc.); dirty work; low-level work; apprentice work
pitching a tent; putting up a shack or tent (e.g. a circus tent); (theater, circus, etc.) tent or shack
unexpectedly; surprisingly
clothes hook; clothes hanger
putting one's life on the line; staking one's life (on); risking one's life; life and death situation
taking the opportunity to do something; doing something incidentally; doing something while (you) are at it; doing something on the way; while I'm at it
yearly payment; annual payment; paying in yearly instalments
a recommendation; an order
by force of circumstance; in the circumstances; given the circumstances
daily installment; daily instalment
on the way back; when about to go back
thinner futon (in contact with the skin)
catching a fishing hook on seaweed, coral, etc. on the seabed or riverbed
to be purplish; to be tinged purple
(by force of) circumstances
hanging scroll in a tea-ceremony room
to be greenish; to be tinged green
covered bridge passageway connecting the backstage (mirror room) to the noh stage
wearing a yukata; (in) one's informal summer kimono
dependent on one's parents
slinging (on cranes, etc.)
monthly installment plan; monthly instalment plan
recommendation of an influential person
archer's glove (with a groove for pulling the string)
hooking backward counter throw; one-leg entanglement (judo)
to talk about indecent things
slip-guard (on one side of the body of a shamisen)
resembling a noh performance
ring entering ceremony in presence of the emperor or crown prince
lintel of the alcove in a tea room or a window in a shoin-style reception room; cloud-shaped carving on the bottom of a transom; metallic bowl used to hold the charcoal in a wooden hibachi
monthly installment deposit; monthly instalment deposit; monthly savings
double corner approach (tactic in the game of go)
futon or cloth attached to the kotatsu's frame; cover for kotatsu
Japanese curry with an additional topping (e.g. shredded beef, hayashi-rice sauce, etc.)