annotation; commentary; explanatory note
ordinary person; member of the general public; non-celebrity
assistance; support; subsidy; supplement; auxiliary; subsidiary
soldier; combatant; warrior
imperial court; royal court
10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various
that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage
technical skill; ability; capacity
everyday life; daily life
housework; domestic chores; family affairs; household matters
calculation; reckoning; count; forecast
classical form of martial art
(art of) fencing; swordsmanship
fault; defect; minor; 5-point card
device; instrument; vessel; container; ability; capacity
art; technique; means; way; trick; trap
bōjutsu (art of using a stick as a weapon)
weight (for scales); counterweight
throw; throwing; throwing event
secret; clandestine; covert; spy (for a daimyo, shogun, etc.); secret agent
snare; trap (for catching wild game, etc.); trap (i.e. ruse, subterfuge, etc.)
body; physical system; (the) person
operation; management; handling; manipulating (to one's benefit); manipulation; influencing
breathing exercise; breath control; spirit cultivation; chi kung; qigong
subordinate; secondary; junior; incidental
black magic; sorcery; magic tricks; juggling
(fixing) boundaries for religious practices; prohibition (of items, people, spirits, etc. that would hinder Buddhist practice); fence between inner and outer sanctums in a temple; (arch.) short two or three-fold lattice around the front desk of a store; barrier; dimensional barrier
restoration; rehabilitation; recovery; recovery (from an illness); recuperation; convalescence
alchemy; way of making money; moneymaker; money-spinner
Tuesday; fire (second of the five elements)
disastrous flooding; kelpie; water demon that brings floods or disasters
law; act; method; mood; dharma; law
perception; sensing; noticing
speed; velocity; pace; velocity
rising; ascending; climbing
(study of) pharmacy; pharmaceutics
construction; architecture (of buildings)
woodworking; woodworker; carpenter