tidal hour; right time; favourable opportunity (favorable)
unthinking; thoughtless; heedless; inconsiderate
to prepare oneself (for the worst); to resolve oneself
day after tomorrow; wrong (e.g. direction)
cold-blooded; unfeeling; heartless; heart of stone; inconsiderate
just this side of; one step short of; on the brink
between (e.g. two people); face to face; hindrance; impediment; arrhythmic section of recitative in noh music; playing with only 2 players; prefix used for stress or emphasis
ingenuity; resourcefulness
something used to cover the eyes; blindfold; blinder; concealing one's home such that the interior cannot be seen from outside
younger scholar; future reference
My goodness (expresses surprise, wonder, etc.); very; extremely
invention; intelligent; clever; (arch.) making sense (of something); (arch.) understanding
to knit; to plait; to braid; to compile (anthology, dictionary, etc.); to edit
endless; boundless; everlasting
old-fashioned; ancient-looking; time-worn
kappa; mythical water-dwelling creature; excellent swimmer; cucumber; cucumber sushi wrapped in nori (seaweed)
maid; female servant; hostess (in a ryokan); waitress (in a traditional restaurant); (arch.) court lady
Western clothing; Western binding
husband; master (of a house, shop, etc.)
suffix indicating room size (following a number of tatami mats and a counter)
firm; persevering; flexible and hard to break
to scrape out; to rake out (e.g. ashes); to bail out (e.g. water)
beam running between columns in traditional Japanese architecture, esp. within Japanese-style rooms
window frame; window sill
ornament; decorative object; object placed in a tokonoma; figurehead; leader without real power
strict prohibition; ban; interdiction
Zhou dynasty (China, approx. 1046-256 BCE); Chou dynasty; perimeter; counter for laps or circuits
wall clock; grandfather clock
royal fern (Osmunda japonica); flowering fern; osmund; fiddlehead fern