leading actor; star; leading figure; central figure; key figure
tailoring; dressmaking; sewing; making; preparation
construction; framework; erection; assembly; organization; organisation
portable brush-and-ink case; quiver (archery)
bulletin board; notice board; billboard; roadside sign; sign on a post, usu. wooden, esp. containing information about a sight, warning, congratulations, etc.
saving; savings; accumulation; putting aside; reserving
hut; shanty; hovel; house built directly into the ground with no supporting stones
shaft (e.g. in a mine); pit
sitting with one knee drawn up
statement; account (of something); declaration; allegation
leading actor; protagonist
standing signboard; billboard; hoarding
sewing; tailoring; newly tailored clothes
Japanese scallop (Patinopecten yessoensis); Yesso scallop
face; official stance; public position or attitude (as opposed to private thoughts)
advancing money; temporary payment for someone else; payment on behalf of another party, with the expectation of being reimbursed later
Japanese scallop (Patinopecten yessoensis); Yesso scallop
to barricade oneself in; to hold (a fort, etc.); to shut oneself up; to be besieged; to dig in
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 (with); to be packed; to be piled up (of work); to be busy (with)
revamping; reshaping; rearranging; reorganizing
leading actor; leading figure; leader
to assemble; to set up; to construct
maintenance fee (in an apartment building); maintenance charge; reserve fund for building repairs
freshly cut; freshly tailored; tree cut to specified length, especially for corners of a kemari court
vertical stripes; striped fabric
formal objection; opposition (e.g. to a patent)
(cash) advance; payment ahead of time
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
free dressmaking ticket (with a purchase of cloth)
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)
stopping place for horse-drawn carriages and rickshaws (Edo period); high way resting place; wholesale rag dealer
psocid (any insect of order Psocoptera, which includes booklice)
fitting (e.g. door, window); fit; succession; continuation; series
sword fight scene choreographer
to compete with each other (e.g. out of pride, obstinacy, etc.)
push-up (exercise); press-up
sticking chopsticks upright into a bowl of rice (a breach of etiquette)
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)
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)
Asian comma butterfly (Polygonia c-aureum)