torii; Shinto shrine archway
crane (any bird of the family Gruidae, esp. the red-crowned crane, Grus japonensis)
blackened; black-painted; black-lacquered; blackened thing
jacket; book jacket; dust cover; CD jacket; record jacket
braid (hair, cord. etc.); plait
highly priced; expensive; valuable; costly
quietly; slowly; gracefully
ox carriage (for Heian era nobles); oxcart
approximate age; age range
anywhere; for all time; through thick and thin; come hell or high water; persistently; stubbornly
gloomy; dismal; miserable; spirit of yin
accelerator; accelerator pedal; gas pedal
to conceal oneself; to hide; to endure; to bear; to stand
property damage (i.e. as from an accident)
the human body; one's person
300; three hundred; 300 mon; trifling amount; shyster
repair; mending; fixing; servicing
means of transportation; transport service
princess; daughter of a nobleman
practice (in the field); training (esp. practical and hands-on); practical exercise; drill
to marry off; to espouse to
grumbling; muttering; nonsense
format; procedure; way of proceeding
voice quality; type of voice
simply (cannot); definitely (cannot); absolutely (cannot); by no means
dedication; offering; presentation; oblation
able; capable; competent; talented; efficient
important person; strategic person; key figure
to stay on (e.g. at one's friends house); to remain in the same neighborhood
bluntly (refusing, etc.); flatly; out of hand; completely
observation; survey; measurement; opinion; prediction; thinking
to be ruined; to go under; to perish; to be destroyed