small gong (used in gagaku)
gold (Au); golden (color); valuable; of highest value; money; gold coin; Friday
prohibition; inhibition; ban
to tire of; to lose interest in; (arch.) to be satisfied; (arch.) to enjoy; (arch.) to do adequately
to frolic; to revel; to make merry
buying the services of a prostitute
suffixed to words indicating a class of people to create a plural (esp. in impolite contexts)
wicket gate; wooden door; entrance to an entertainment venue (i.e. sumo arena, etc.)
to begin to write; to start writing; to write out (e.g. on a blackboard); to extract (and write down); to write down (the important parts); to export
all that one has; all that there is; the whole
all sorts of; all kinds of
to think of; to hit upon; to come into one's mind; to remember; to recall
old precedent; tradition; custom
program (e.g. theatre, theater); programme; (theatrical) piece; number; performance
innumerable; countless; numberless
chopped burdock root (and sometimes carrot) cooked in sugar and soy sauce
mutually; with each other; reciprocally; together; both
first generation; founder
foreign dog (esp. of Chinese origin)
John Doe; person of unknown name; (arch.) country bumpkin
persons organized into gangs and wearing flashy clothes, who styled themselves as "chivalrous men" (Edo period)
servant (esp. a samurai's attendant); chivalrous man (Edo period); cubed tofu (often served cold); kite shaped like an Edo-period footman; Edo-period hairstyle worn by samurai's attendants; enslavement (of a woman; Edo-period punishment for her own or her husband's crime); (arch.) he
shogunal vassal; direct retainer of a shogun
conspirators; faction; cabal; clique
type of cleromancy divination (described in the Book of Changes) performed with long sticks; The Book of Changes; Yijing; I Ching
subordinate; secondary; junior; incidental
to become quiet; to quiet down; to quieten down; to calm down; to die down; to subside
working as a servant for a series of masters
submitting to (a demand, one's fate, etc.); putting up with; resigning oneself to; accepting (without complaint)
impromptu skit; (theatrical) farce; extravaganza
Kyoto-Osaka; Kyoto and Osaka
to move (house); to transfer (department); to change the target of interest or concern; to elapse (passage of time); to be permeated by a colour or scent; to be infected
acting without restraint; self-indulgence; wild license; being pretentious; putting on airs; foppery
(in) the shape of the character hachi (eight)
district; quarter; enclosure; area enclosed by earthwork; red-light district; wide and empty
as (much) as possible; as (much) as one can; wherever practicable; if possible
to fly; to soar; to jump; to leap; to spatter; to scatter; to hurry
gyrating (rotating) movement
writing brush; paintbrush; writing with a brush; drawing with a brush; writing (composing text); the written word