grasping; seizing; holding; commanding; having control over
a pair (of shoes or socks)
law (esp. ancient East Asian criminal code); regulation; vinaya (rules for the monastic community); Ritsu (school of Buddhism); lüshi (style of Chinese poem); (musical) pitch; six odd-numbered notes of the ancient chromatic scale
disorder; confusion; disturbance (of order, peace, etc.); corruption (e.g. of public morals)
wicked person; evil person; scoundrel; bad thing; mischief
tomboy; rebounding; recovery; repercussions; rashness; incautiousness
to comb upwards; to brush up (a loose strand of hair); to turn up a lamp wick
south side of a mountain; Sanyo district
poem; poetry; verse; Chinese poem
section (i.e. of text); sentence; phrase; verse (of 5 or 7 mora in Japanese poetry; of 4, 5, or 7 characters in Chinese poetry); haiku; first 17 morae of a renga, etc.
to make fun of; to look down on; to make light of
Bitchū (former province located in the west of present-day Okayama Prefecture)
one's right-hand man; one's trusted henchman
speech; tongue; dialect; brogue; bento; Japanese box lunch; petal
learning; scholarship; study; study of ...; -ology; -ics
very thin; flimsy; cheap; shallow
truth; reality; sincerity; honesty; content; substance
wind; gas; fart; something worthless; something not worth considering
to like; to love; to be fond of
to make (tea, coffee, etc.); to brew a beverage (with hot water)
upright-floating tea stalk (considered a lucky omen)
omen; sign of luck; origin; history; dependent arising; doctrine that everything has a cause and there is nothing that arises out of nothing
as a matter of fact; to tell the truth
June; sixth month of the lunar calendar
being full; (counting) completed years (e.g. when calculating age); full (years, months, etc.); Manchuria
temporary; provisional; fictitious; assumed (name); hypothetical; theoretical
shipping agent; boathouse; inn for sailors
insult; affront; slight; contempt (e.g. of court)
vocal message; speech; statement; prologue at the start of a kabuki performance
(not) in the least; (not) at all; (not) a bit
to press a question; to cross-examine
irregular soldiers; commandos
meagre; meager; scarce; limited; destitute; hard up
department (in an organization); division; club; part; component; category
surface; face; outside; exterior; appearances; superficiality
unrelated; unconnected; without relations (esp. of a deceased person); having no surviving relatives; unrelated to the teachings of Buddha; unable to be saved by Buddha
still; as yet; as it has been
precise; accurate; appropriate; exactly the right