kimono; Japanese traditional clothing (esp. full-length); clothing; clothes
fascinating; voluptuous; bewitching; captivating
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
ear; hearing; edge; crust; selvedge (non-fray machined edge of fabrics); selvage
to grow; to cultivate; to wear a beard
in appearance; to look at; judging from appearances
make-up; get-up; disguise; costume
office (government department beneath a bureau under the ritsuryo system)
temple; shrine; hall; company; (arch.) front room
(arch.) office; (arch.) official; chief; head; (Yaeyama Islands in Okinawa) person (usually a woman) whose duty it is to officiate at religions ceremonies
disaster response; measures to deal with natural disasters; disaster control; disaster recovery
room; wife (of someone of high rank); scabbard; Chinese "Encampment" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
section chief; laboratory manager; office head; room monitor
branch family; cadet family; establishing a branch family
head house (family); birthplace; originator
teaching; instruction; teachings; precept; lesson; doctrine
handing down (information); legend; tradition; folklore; transmission
feminine handwriting; woman's hand
headset (for phones, etc.)
(wireless) transceiver; radio; walkie-talkie
to spit out; to eject; to dump
to get tired out; to be exhausted
mystery; curiosity; strangeness; ghost; monster; apparition
specialist; expert; professional; authority; pundit
each (person); everyone; individual; respective
to borrow; to have a loan; to rent; to hire
foundation; base; basis; from the beginning; from the outset; by nature
group action; collective behavior; collective behaviour; acting as a group
influential person; powerful person; big wheel; big gun; power behind the throne
selfish; self-centred; egotistical
unconventional; eccentric; offbeat; aberrant; outlandish; crazy
extempore; impromptu; improvised; ad-lib; off-the-cuff; instant
cooperation; coordination; link
to come off; to be removed; to disappear (of pain, a fever, etc.); to be caught; to be harvested; to be interpreted (as); to be taken (as)
probably isn't (doesn't, won't, etc.); don't (doesn't) intend to; intend not to; must not; (when used in an imperative sentence) don't
actual place; actual location; the spot; place where one is currently living
health; healthy; sound; fit
to pay attention to another's needs; to attend to; to fuss about; to take into consideration
to quicken one's pace (steps)
messenger; police and judicial chief (Heian and Kamakura periods); klesha (polluting thoughts such as greed, hatred and delusion, which result in suffering)
what kind of; what sort of; what; how; in what way