leading actor; star; leading figure; central figure; key figure
tailoring; sewing; (special) preparation; teaching; training
construction; framework; erection; assembly; organization; organisation
sign on a post (usu. wooden and with a small roof, containing information about a sight, warning, congratulations, etc.); public notice; bulletin board; notice board
portable brush-and-ink case; quiver (archery)
saving; savings; accumulation; putting aside; reserving
hut; shanty; hovel; house built directly into the ground with no supporting stones
sitting with one knee drawn up
shaft (e.g. in a mine); pit
statement; account (of something); declaration; allegation
leading actor; protagonist
land reclamation; land fill
stopping place for horse-drawn carriages and rickshaws (Edo period); highway resting place; wholesale rag dealer
standing signboard; billboard; hoarding
Japanese scallop (Patinopecten yessoensis); Yesso scallop
sewing; tailoring; newly tailored clothes
to shut oneself in (one's house, room, etc.); to confine oneself (to); to barricade oneself (in a building); to entrench oneself; to hole up
face; official stance; public position or attitude (as opposed to private thoughts)
Japanese scallop (Patinopecten yessoensis); Yesso scallop
advancing (someone) money; payment on someone's behalf (with the expectation of being reimbursed later)
to pay for someone else (with the expectation of being reimbursed later); to lend someone the money to pay for (e.g. rent); to make a temporary payment on someone's behalf
eloquence; volubility; (lit.) (like) water on a standing board
to assemble; to put together; to set up; to form (words, sentences, etc.)
long hair style popular in the Genroku era
to put back up; to stand back up; to restore (to former strength); to revive (e.g. the economy); to make again (a plan, policy, etc.); to reformulate
to be crowded; to be packed; to be busy; to be piled up (of work); to be busy (with many things); to be packed (of one's schedule)
revamping; reshaping; rearranging; reorganizing
leading actor; leading figure; leader
maintenance fee (in an apartment building); maintenance charge; reserve fund for building repairs
vertical stripes; striped fabric
formal objection; opposition (e.g. to a patent)
(cash) advance; payment ahead of time
free dressmaking ticket (with a purchase of cloth)
person who makes someone else appear better; foil
petitioning (an administration) for redress; suing civilly to seek redress (for a court's action); lodging an appeal
koto erected in one's yard as decoration during the Festival to Plead for Skills
advance payment on behalf of a third party (with expectation that it will be reimbursed)
psocid (any insect of order Psocoptera, which includes booklice)
post in ground (construction); structure supported by posts sunk into the ground; earthfast
pillar sunk into the ground
fitting (e.g. door, window); fit
to compete with each other (e.g. out of pride, obstinacy, etc.)
freshly cut; freshly tailored; tree cut to specified length, especially for corners of a kemari court
sword fight scene choreographer
push-up (exercise); press-up
tea ceremony procedure; tea ceremony etiquette
mitate satsujin; murder done in a way that alludes to something such as a nursery rhyme or a legend (esp. in crime fiction)
sticking chopsticks upright into a bowl of rice (a breach of etiquette)
winding tower; pit frame; headframe
mitate-e; ukiyo-e print featuring a playful or humorous juxtaposition of contemporary and traditional elements
cell assembly and disassembly
three-of-a-kind (in a dealt hand) of the April, May, July, or December suit
making a piece of clothing with the same cloth inside and out; making a kimono with lining of the same fabric
vertical shaft; upright arm shaft
cubic tsubo (approx. 6 cubic metres)
Tateishi Electronics (orig. name for OMRON Corporation)
special reserve (fund); contingent reserve
derived unit (i.e. metre per second, cubic metre, etc.)
papercraft sculpture representing a scene akin to a painting
trapdoor spider (any spider of family Ctenizidae); folding trapdoor spider (any spider of family Antrodiaetidae)
blue admiral (species of nymphalid butterfly, Kaniska canace)
nymphalid (any butterfly of family Nymphalidae)
painted lady (Vanessa cardui); thistle butterfly
Asian comma butterfly (Polygonia c-aureum)
Indian red admiral (Vanessa indica); Asian admiral
disposition of troops; battle formation