large amount of money; great cost
to carry around; to carry on one's person
prevention of crime; security (device, camera, etc.)
divide into four pieces; one fourth
bare earth (i.e. ground not covered by a roof); open field; teahouse garden; path through a gate (or through a garden, etc.)
collection of short Heian period tales in the form of poems
Taketori Monogatari (The Tale of the Bamboo-Cutter)
The Tale of Genji (Heian period classic)
to hold (an event); to give (a dinner, party, etc.); to feel (sensation, emotion, call of nature, etc.); to show signs of
Kaguya-Hime (main character of Taketori Monogatari); Princess Kaguya
suitor (e.g. for a woman); wooer
grandfather; male senior-citizen
to return; to come home; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate
to be popular (esp. with the opposite sex); to be well liked; to be pampered (spoiled, doted upon, etc.); to be welcomed
slut; floozie; ho; bitch; witch; overbearing woman
block (of wood); chip; splinter
original; unique (e.g. product); signature; exclusive
cutting in round slices; round slice; dividing into groups (e.g. by ability)
column shape; cylinder; columnar
parts; accessories; components
toy; (person or thing treated as a) plaything
wooden hammer; wooden mallet
daruma otoshi; toy consisting of vertically stacked wooden blocks that must be knocked away without letting the daruma doll on top fall to the ground
daruma; tumbling doll; Bodhidharma; prostitute
tower; steeple; spire; stupa; pagoda; dagoba
grip; having all the cards needed to form a scoring combination in one's hand
zazen (seated Zen meditation, usu. in a cross-legged position)
great teacher (i.e. a buddha, bodhisattva or high monk, esp. Kobo Daishi)
rehabilitation; reinstatement; restoration of rights
losing one's position; losing one's standing; downfall; fall (from power); being overthrown
to pattern after; to liken to; to imitate
religious leader; person of religion; religious figure; religionist