stay in hospital; hospital stay
(wearing) a loincloth alone; nothing but a loincloth
fresh (e.g. fish); lively; spirited; animated
technical college; higher schools and colleges
Japanese knotweed (Reynoutria japonica); flowering bamboo
driving without a license (licence)
one's nature or personality; inherent; innate
hair loss; hair removal; epilation; depilation
purification ceremony (performed with water); ritual purification; ablutions
miniature shrine with double doors (used to store important Buddhist items such as sutras, etc.); cabinet with double doors (used by the nobility to store books, etc.); (in Okinawa) carved and decorated stone container for storing the bones of one's ancestors
uncleanness; impurity; disgrace; shame; uncleanliness from contact with death, pregnancy, menstruation, etc.
cluster; clique; faction; fan group
reformatory; juvenile training school; reform school; youth detention center (centre)
barrier; protective wall; obstacle; hindrance; imaginary shield that gives one invincibility or immunity
Japanese chimera; mythical creature with a monkey's head, tanuki's body, tiger's limbs, and a snake tail; White's thrush (Zoothera dauma); mysterious person; person of unknown character
locomotor ataxia; difficulty walking or speaking (due to alcoholism, a stroke, etc.); someone with this problem
high grade; special grade; classy
this and that; such and such
magical power; mystical force
immersion; being absorbed in
grade; class; degree; magnitude
curtain; hanging; bunting
baby girl; primary schoolgirl
shaking (something) out; starting point; beginning; drawing (e.g. of a bill); issue; throw (of dice); infusion (remedy)
housing district; residential district
to be beyond one's capacities; to be beyond one's powers; to be beyond one's control; to be unmanageable
colluding; complicity; liaison; compromise; giving in
three flat objects (sheets of paper, pieces of cloth, etc.)