the "ra" column of the Japanese syllabary table (ra, ri, ru, re, ro)
street performance in which the performer transforms a specially made bamboo screen into various shapes while chanting an accompanying poem
coagulant; coagulating agent
material before the opening credits in a film, anime, etc.
three large cities (esp. Edo, Kyoto, and Osaka during the Edo period)
highlights; summary; compilation
tuft (of hair, threads, etc.); fringe; bunch (of grapes, bananas, etc.); cluster (of flowers); segment (of a tangerine, etc.); section
purification ceremony (performed with water); ritual purification; ablutions
anthropoid ape; anthropoid; ape
pongee; soft thin cloth woven from raw silk
electric vehicle; EV; elevator; enterprise value; EV; embedded value
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
(Ogura) Hyakunin Isshu; classical Japanese anthology of one hundred Japanese waka by one hundred poets; hyakunin isshu karuta; hyakunin isshu poetry cards
to accompany; to follow; to keep up with
fifth month of the lunar calendar; satsuki azalea (Rhododendron indicum)
ban on entering (a building, venue, etc.)
calm; quiet; tranquility; tranquillity; appeasement; pacification
spokesperson; speaker (for someone); mouthpiece; voice (e.g. for the ordinary citizen)
weak; feeble; delicate; frail; helpless
nothing; naught; nought; un-; non-
medicated bath; (medical) decoction; infusion; medicinal hot spring
iron (for pressing clothes); hair iron; hair tong; curling tong
dog (Canis (lupus) familiaris); squealer; rat; loser; asshole; counterfeit