education; schooling; training; culture; cultivation; education
feeling restless; feeling nervous; fidgety; distracted
use; utility; effect; benefit
way; method; means; effect; result; benefit
to realize; to realise; to hit upon something
to learn; to acquire knowledge; to carry; to wear (clothes, etc.); to put on
kamidana; household shrine; home shrine
Buddhist family chapel; altar room
wild fox; (arch.) mythical fox spirit capable of possessing people
rough; crude; sloppy; miscellaneous
spell; curse; dharani; mantra
to let (someone) play; to keep (someone) amused; to leave idle; to not make use of; to do; to do
to get lost; to lose one's bearings; to be puzzled; to be perplexed; to be tempted; to be seduced
distorted; crooked; oval; elliptical shape; round, wooden container for cooked rice; oval coin
to delineate; to draw; to express; to imagine
to form; to shape; to make; to mold; to mould; to build up
waka; classic Japanese poem, esp. a tanka, often 31 morae
to dedicate; to make an offering; to supply; to store; to finish; to bring to a close; to restore (something to its place)
(a) stop (e.g. in a timber joint, or at the end of a kanji stroke); remaining (e.g. poste-restante); forty-five degree angle
the four cardinal directions; north, east, south and west; all around; here and there; four sides (of a square)
(any) particular; special; particularly noteworthy; worth mentioning
figure of speech; rhetorical flourish
very much; exceedingly; extremely
to read and understand; to subject to close analysis; to read deeply; to decipher; to decode
connection (to a person, place, etc.); relation; affinity
to be open (to traffic); to lead to; to flow (liquid, current); to pass; to be understood; to be comprehended; to be honored
acquaintance; relations; sexual intercourse; intersection
when it comes to ...; concerning; where ... are concerned
chastity; virtue; fidelity
to crush (with one's hands); to kill a proposal; to shelve; to table (remove from consideration)
reasonably; fairly; hurriedly; in a rush; approximately; about
abduction and confinement (esp. unlawful)
anger; rage; resentment; indignation; exasperation
one's nature; one's destiny; custom; tradition; habit
to run past from behind; to run through (e.g. gate, one's mind)
sacred wine or sake; sake offered to the gods
to lose one's cool; to blow one's top; to flip one's lid; to get angry