agricultural community; farm village; rural
fee paid for the services of a geisha or prostitute
calculation; computation; reckoning; consideration; calculation; estimation
to be used up; to be run out; to be exhausted; to be consumed; to come to an end
unit (e.g. meters, grams, etc.); denomination; unit (i.e. one comprised of many); group; credit (in school, university, etc.); point
money brought to a funeral; incense money; fee for a geisha's time
habit; (social) custom; practice; convention
amount used; quantity consumed; usage
metre (unit of length); meter; meter; gauge
at that time; in those days
consideration (for); thoughtfulness; solicitude; care; watchfulness; concern
woman; lady; adult female
to add; to add up; to increase; to gather (e.g. speed); to include; to count in
scholar of literature; literary person; man of letters; writer
thesis; essay; treatise; paper; article
rock-paper-scissors (game); janken
victory or defeat; match; contest; game
to compete; to contest; to quarrel; to argue; to deny (e.g. evidence)
play; playing; game; play and dance (at a kindergarten or elementary school)
mushi-ken; Japanese rock-paper-scissors variant, in which the "frog", "snake" and "slug" are represented by the thumb, forefinger and little finger respectively
kitsune-ken; shōya-ken; game similar to rock, paper, scissors, with the hand gestures fox, hunter and village headman
jōruri; type of dramatic recitation accompanied by a shamisen (associated with Japanese puppet theater)
miraculous efficacy; miracle; miraculous virtue
crawling on the ground; shuffling on one's knees; cripple
vengeance; revenge; retaliation
heroine; female protagonist
first flower of the season or year; first flowering on a plant; first menstruation; woman who has just reached adulthood
(spoken) line (in a play, film, comic, etc.); one's lines; comment; remark; stock phrase; set phrase
one passage; one paragraph; one stanza; one verse; one section (of a piece of music); one syllable
to spin; to make yarn; to spin (a tale); to assemble (e.g. words); to put together
craftsman; artisan; craft; craftsmanship; plot; scheme
dates of birth and death unknown
fire alarm ringing continuously to warn that a fire is extremely near; sound as produced by this alarm
neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity