water and ink; ink painting
wealth; riches; affluence; opulence
calligrapher; individual with good penmanship
rough sketch; design; cartoon
backing; support; backer; shield that protects one's back
composition; piece of music; tune; melody; enjoyment; fun
gold paper; gold cloth; ground of gold (e.g. on folding screen)
eerie; hair-raising; exaggerated; ostentatious
to stare at; to gaze at; to look hard at; to watch intently; to fix one's eyes on
optical illusion; hallucination; misapprehension; delusion
G8 Hokkaido Toyako Summit; Hokkaido Toyako G8 summit
assembly hall; meeting place; venue; grounds
ox carriage (for Heian era nobles); oxcart
tomoe; heraldic design composed of two or more interlocked comma-shaped figures
refined; elegant; graceful; classic
friend and foe; enemies and allies; both sides
discrimination; discernment; identification
noted family; noble family; prestigious school, organization, business, etc.
informal family crest; auxiliary crest
one army; whole army; first string players; the cool kids; the popular kids
various families; various schools of thought
compilation; editing; recording
implication; nuance; shade of meaning; connotation
coloured family crest (popular amongst people from Kaga)
cloth dyed in a dappled pattern; pattern of white spots; dapples; mochi containing red bean paste; (arch.) fawn
wings abreast; single garment made to look double
the four social classes (samurai, farmers, artisans, merchants); the masses
having no relation with whatsoever; having nothing to do with; alien
mitsuba (Cryptotaenia japonica); Japanese honewort; Japanese honeywort; three-leaved; trefoil
mallow (any plant of family Malvaceae); Asarum caulescens (species of wild ginger); hollyhock