an old woman's gray hair; old woman with white hair
bamboo tea spoon for making Japanese tea
postscript (to a book); verification; publication (in a book)
first flower of the season or year; first flowering on a plant; first menstruation; woman who has just reached adulthood
man of refined tastes; refined person; tea ceremony master; lewd man; lecher
medicine chest (container)
(a person's) family background; lineage
refined taste; elegant pursuits
mon; one-thousandth of a kan (unit of currency 1336-1870); 2.4 cm (traditional unit used to measure shoe sizes); letter; character; scripture
intimacy; familiarity; closeness
octagon; star anise (Illicium verum); sailfin poacher (Podothecus sachi)
address; lodgings; accommodation
oak (esp. Quercus serrata)
to weigh on a scale; to weigh up options; to compare pros and cons
receiving (from a superior); bestowed
beheading (as the ending to a seppuku); assistance; help
to set on fire; to ignite
decapitated head of an enemy
to barricade oneself in; to hold (a fort, etc.); to shut oneself up; to be besieged; to dig in
ditch; drain; groove; tread; gap (between people, countries, etc.); gulf
importance; emphasis; stress
law; rule; regulation; destiny; fate; karma
eggplant (Solanum melongena); aubergine
assistant; adjunct; lieutenant
proceeding to the capital
to recollect; to remember; to reminisce; to imagine; to guess; to infer
now that it's come to this; since it's come to this
wretched; miserable; shameful; mean; despicable; abject
poor thing!; pour soul!; what a pity!
to decapitate; to take (someone's) head off; to depose; to topple
common soldier; private; rank and file; small fry; underling
-clad; in the midst of; tenths (e.g. wholesale price, as tenths of retail price); times (i.e. multiplied by); able-to-seat (of a chair, etc.)
to commit seppuku; to commit harakiri; to take responsibility (and resign); (arch.) to laugh until one splits one's side
what kind of business; what sort of matter