difficult to understand; unintelligible; abstruse
unfashionable; uncouth; unrefined; unpolished; unsophisticated
to look down (on); to condescend (to)
linear; rectilinear; straight-line; straightforward; simple
tepid water; lukewarm water; comfortable; easy; relaxed
light; lamp; counter for electric lights
adopted child (usu. male); son-in-law
value; worth; virtue; blessing
unmarried woman; Miss; -ess; -ette
load; baggage; cargo; burden; responsibility
excess; surplus; superabundance; overabundance
dharma transmission (formal confirmation of a student's awakening by his master); certificate of proficiency (in flower arrangement, etc.)
ancient practices; old customs
to pry; to prize; to prise
surplus; remainder; residue; margin; balance
dilettante; person of fantastic taste
plaything; playing (with a toy); gambling; activity using hand-gestures (esp. playing games or singing songs)
once in a while; occasionally; seldom; at long intervals
to extract; to pull out; to draw out; to headhunt; to lure away; to poach
hanger-on; follower; flunky; purse strapped round one's waist
to row; to scull; to pedal (e.g. bicycle); to swing (on a swing); to operate a hand pump; to push through (deep snow, the jungle, etc.)
exit (from a stage); exeunt; leaving; exit
long, narrow strip of paper on which Japanese poems are written (vertically); tanzaku; thin rectangle
oak (esp. Quercus serrata)
Japanese horse chestnut (Aesculus turbinata)
paulownia (Paulownia tomentosa); empress tree; foxglove tree
Japanese star anise (Illicium anisatum)
Japanese spindletree (Euonymus japonicus)
counter for leaves, pieces of paper, etc.; (arch.) counter for boats
any beech tree of genus Castanopsis; chinquapin; chinkapin
yuzu (Citrus ichangensis x C. reticulata)
to pledge; to vow; to promise; to have sexual intercourse (esp. between husband and wife); to share a bed
versification; tanka poetry
mysterious power of words to alter reality