to get up (from sitting); to stand up; to (finally) start to do something; to get off one's backside; to take action
to lay aside; to set aside
box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building
supper; night meal; late-night snack; "fourth meal"; midnight snack
Chinese lacquer tree (Toxicodendron vernicifluum)
splendid; magnificent; utter (esp. defeat); total; (arch.) something worth seeing; (arch.) sight
thick; deep; kind; cordial; abundant
cherry tree; cherry blossom; light pink; fake buyer; paid audience; hired applauder
sweet flag (Acorus calamus); calamus; Japanese iris (Iris ensata var. ensata)
relief; embossed carving; bringing to the fore; throwing something into relief
quotient; business; merchant; second degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); Shang dynasty (of China; approx. 1600-1046 BCE); Yin dynasty
wordplay; play on words; pun; rhyming game
autumn breeze; fall breeze
somewhat cold; a bit chilly
middle of the night; dead of night; midnight
descendant; scion; lineage
brothers and sisters; siblings
severe; strict; hard (to do); difficult; intense (e.g. cold); harsh (weather)
Buddhist memorial service
to be raised (e.g. child); to be brought up; to grow (up)
mourning; (arch.) calamity; (arch.) misfortune
spicy; hot; salty; harsh (criticism); severe (punishment); painful
one day; (on) a certain day
eternity; perpetuity; permanence; immortality
to twine (fibers to make rope); to twist
where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent
blood relationship; blood relative
possible; conceivable; likely; probable
slightest connection; slender connection; sliver (e.g. of hope); one thread
to cling to; to hang onto; to rely on; to depend on; to implore; to entreat
parent; parents; dealer; banker; founder; inventor; (pet) owner
past days; bygone days; days of yore; while still alive; during one's lifetime
shadow figure; silhouette
metal fittings; metal fixtures
work; workmanship; craftsmanship; artifice; trick; device
craftsmanship; artisanship
crucian carp (Carassius spp.)
valley (with a river running through it); gorge; ravine; canyon