chit; slip; ticket; voucher
recipient (e.g. of mail); addressee; payee; beneficiary
edge of the eaves; house frontage
houseboat; pleasure boat (large, roofed)
anchorage; anchoring; mooring
absorption; suction; aspiration; attraction; draw
talk; chat; troth; lovers' vow
so (condensed milk product eaten in ancient Japan); Soviet Union
state (of the US, Australia, India, Germany, etc.); province (e.g. of Canada); continent; province (of Japan); province (of ancient China); prefecture
Chinese poem; Chinese poetry
poem; poetry; verse; Chinese poem
construction; building; newly built ship; new boat; (another's) wife (usu. young); young, unmarried woman; wife of a samurai or wealthy tradesman
clothing; dressing; binding (of a book)
Liang dynasty (of China; 502-557)
woven mat (of sedge, hay, etc.)
low (level, value, price, etc.)
rod; pole; neck (of a shamisen, etc.); shamisen; beam (i.e. the crossbar of a balance); single line (esp. as a flying formation for geese); penis
source; origin; cause; beginning; genesis
hitting a ball (with a bat, golf club, etc.); batting; stroke
cherry tree; cherry blossom; light pink; fake buyer; paid audience; hired applauder
roofing; roofed with; thatching; thatched with; shingling; shingled with
to roof (a house with some material); to thatch; to shingle; to tile
to bud; to sprout; to develop (of talents, feelings, etc.); to awaken
to obey (an order, law, etc.); to abide by (a rule, custom, etc.); to follow (a person); to accompany; to go alongside (e.g. a river); to follow (e.g. a sign)
floating weed; greater duckweed (Spirodela polyrhiza); precarious; unstable
to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
cherry (tree; esp. sweet cherry or Nanking cherry)
Hōreki era (1751.10.27-1764.6.2)
secretary (government); director; chief
moving to a different location to start a new job; (proceeding to) new appointment
to stretch around (e.g. a fence, dragnet, etc.); to lay out (e.g. a wiring system, network, etc.); to string up (e.g. an antenna, ship's rigging, etc.)
heart-pounding; exciting; thrilling; to have one's heart pound; to be thrilled
weir; bonds; fetters; ties of obligation
spell (that restricts one's movements); binding spell
to annoy; to cause trouble
outside one's field; out of one's line; (sibling) from a different mother
desperation; struggle to the death
crystal; crystallization; crystallisation; fruits (of labor, union, etc.)