to hold (in one's hand); to take (into one's hand); to own; to obtain
temporary transfer (of an employee); secondment; relocation; proceeding to; leaving for
to grow long (e.g. hair, nails); to lengthen; to extend; to reach out; to hold out; to straighten; to smooth out
refreshing (e.g. feeling, scene, wind, morning air); brisk; bracing; fresh; refreshed
to fade (of a colour); to grow dull in color (colour); to lose vividness; to lose freshness; to grow stale
all times and places; all ages and countries
chairmanship; presidency; management; president; chairman
name-lending; lending one's name
trouble; burden; nuisance; care; dependence; support
needless fear; groundless apprehension; unfounded worry
renewal; replacement; regeneration; metabolism
inattention; absent-mindedness
loving something but being very bad at it
Ryukyuan mission to Edo upon the change of the shogun
audience with someone of high rank (e.g. the emperor)
Tokugawa Yoshimune (shogun 1716-1745 and 1751; 1684.11.27-1751.7.12),
reduction; curtailment; cut; cutback; scaling down; contraction
general; popular; common; typical
(please) look; see; (please) try to do
romantic; spicy; coquettish
slim figure; slender body; slimming; weight reduction
skeletal frame; skeleton; framework; frame; outline
even; flat; level; calm; peaceful; uneventful
withdrawal; retraction; revocation; repeal
eye; eyes; sight; vision; looking
thank you; thanks; much (thanks); very (sorry); quite; really; somehow
so much; so often; oh, yes!; that's it; that's right; quite
hit it off with (a person); find a kindred spirit in (a person); sympathy; mutual understanding
pressing; urging; demanding; demand
to shorten one's life (through hardship, etc.); to hasten one's death
heroic; fierce; grand; sublime; magnificent
master; expert; Meijin (professional title); Meijin (highest title for male players in competitive karuta)
(the) whole; as a whole; in general; at large
concentration; diligence; asceticism; zeal in one's quest for enlightenment; adherence to a vegetarian diet
water for washing or moistening one's hands
lily (Lilium spp.); yuri; genre of comics and novels about female homosexuality
to entwine; to follow about
to shed light; to cast light
door (esp. Japanese-style); shutter; window shutter; (arch.) entrance (to a home); (arch.) narrows
irrespective (e.g. of age); without discrimination; without distinction