pile; heap; counter for things that are stacked, piled up (or layered, etc.); layers of clothing worn under one's overcoat; combination of colors created by layering of garments (colours)
peaceful; tranquil; calm; restful
shame; embarrassment; disgrace
good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable
cold water; cold sake; cold; cool
nori; laver; edible seaweed, usu. Porphyra yezoensis or P. tenera, usu. dried and pressed into sheets
ship; boat; tank; tub; counter for boat-shaped containers (e.g. of sashimi)
brilliant; bright; glorious
(the) positive; yang (in Chinese divination); the open; visible place
eastern direction; the Orient; eastern fighter in a match (e.g. sumo wrestling)
extinction; discontinuation; severance; rupture; to become extinct; to cease to exist
false; punish; crime; law; ruler
disgraceful; inauspicious; ill-omened; ominous; scandalous
like; similar to; same as
criminal, administrative and civil codes (forming the basis of ancient East Asian law; orig. Chinese); legal codes of the Nara and Heian eras based on Chinese models
cheating (on an examination); cribbing
charming; fascinating; enchanting; bewitching; beguiling; captivating
to tell someone's fortune; to forecast; to predict; to divine
fortune-telling; divination
that; he; she; that person
favorite (to win); favourite; likely winner; one's heart's desire; first choice
Chinese "star" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); Singapore
palace; tonic (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); ancient Chinese punishment (castration for men, or confinement for women); zodiacal sign
to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend
(those) who are; (that) which is; in the capacity of
period of time (usu. a period of approx. two hours corresponding to one of the signs of the Chinese zodiac); victory; strictness; cruelty
that way; that direction; there; that (one); you; your family
dui (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: swamp, west)
wine and women; sensual pleasures; dissipation
to indulge in; to give oneself up to; to be obsessed by; to be engrossed in; to be lost in; to be absorbed in
appearance; look; a 'seeming' that fortune-tellers relate to one's fortune; aspect; phase (e.g. solid, liquid and gaseous)
difficulty; hardship; trouble; infeasibility; inability (to carry out)
kun (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: earth, southwest)
shrine; palace; imperial residence; Imperial prince; Imperial princess; headboard with built-in shelves, drawers, etc.
concealment; hiding; ambush; incubation; latency; dormancy
north-east; Tōhoku (northernmost six prefectures of Honshu); Tohoku
imperial villa; royal villa; detached palace
(arch.) pit; (arch.) hole; kan (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: water, north)
to hide; to be hidden; to conceal oneself; to disappear