black; dark; blackish; suspicious; criminal; darkened and dirty; sooty
yes; wind that blows from north to north-east during spring and summer along the coast of the sea of Japan
path to Hades; passage leading to the underworld; Hades; hell; underworld
poor; pitiful; piteous; pitiable
attending a funeral procession; seeing off the deceased; burial of someone's remains; observing a burial
to hold (a ceremony); to perform
to make something look better; to put into (good, better) shape; to put up a front; to pose; to pretend
difficult to understand; unintelligible; abstruse
unfashionable; uncouth; unrefined; unpolished; unsophisticated
to look down (on); to condescend (to)
linear; rectilinear; straight-line; straightforward; simple
to make out; to neck; to canoodle; to fondle each other; to flirt (with)
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); (issuing a) certificate of proficiency (in flower arrangement, etc.)
ancient practices; old customs
to pry (open); to prise; to wrench
surplus; remainder; residue; margin; balance
dilettante; person of unusual tastes; person with strange hobbies; person of refined taste; connoisseur
plaything; playing (with a toy); gambling; activity using hand-gestures (esp. playing games or singing songs)
once in a while; occasionally; 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 paddle; to pedal (a bicycle, etc.); to swing (on a swing); to work (a hand pump); to push through (a thicket, deep snow, etc.)
leaving (a hall, meeting, stadium, etc.); exit; walkout; exit (from the stage); leaving the stage
tanzaku; long, narrow strip of paper used for writing poetry, wishes, decorations, etc.; thin rectangle
oak (esp. Quercus serrata)
Japanese horse chestnut (Aesculus turbinata)
paulownia (Paulownia tomentosa); empress tree; foxglove tree
Japanese star anise (Illicium anisatum)
evergreen spindle (Euonymus japonicus); Japanese spindle tree
counter for leaves, pieces of paper, etc.; (arch.) counter for boats
any beech tree of genus Castanopsis; chinquapin; chinkapin