to be (animate); to be; to be ..ing; to (have the audacity to) do
hearth; fireplace; furnace; kiln
flour; meal; powder; dust
dots; spots; bit by bit; little by little; here and there; scattered
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
copper (Cu); bronze (medal)
partition; division; settlement of accounts; preliminary warm-up ritual; toeing the mark; directing
to harden; to solidify; to become firm; to become certain; to gather (together); to assemble
outer layer (e.g. of skin); cuticle; epidermis; epithelium
skillful; skilled; proficient; flattery
top and bottom; high and low; going up and down; rising and falling; going and coming back; upper and lower classes
in accordance with; according to; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
place where one works; construction site; working area
central pillar (of a building); mainstay (e.g. of an economy); backbone (e.g. of a family); provider
to stroke; to caress; to brush gently; to comb (hair); to smooth down
hinoki cypress (Chamaecyparis obtusa); Japanese cypress
seventeenth day of the month; seventeen days
festival float mounted with a decorative halberd
far; distant; distant (past); remote (in time); distant (relationship or kinship); having little to do (with someone); far (from something else in quality, degree, etc.)
apt to think; tend to think
sixteenth day of the month; sixteen days
small festival on the eve of the main festival (esp. of the Gion festival)
good fortune (esp. omikuji fortune-telling result); good luck; auspiciousness; unspecified day of the month (used to obscure the date a letter, invitation, etc. was written)
charm; talisman; tally; sign; mark; fu
wood; woods; forest; bunch (of something); cluster; line
head; lead; vanguard; first
the rest; the others; in addition (to that); besides that; and so forth; and the like
order; sequence; procedure
to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do
lottery; lot; raffle; draw
exposure to the sun; sunny place
portable shrine (carried in festivals); palanquin; buttocks; lower back
order; ordering; beginning; start; foreword; preface
eleventh day of the month; eleven days
to straddle; to sit astride; to mount; to extend over; to spread over; to span
everyday garment worn by nobles in ancient Japan; silk dried after having been washed in plain water and stretched out