oiran; high-ranking courtesan; (arch.) prostitute
waitress (in a ryokan or traditional restaurant); hostess
skilled person; capable person; doer; performer; giver; bestower
geisha call-office; assignation office for geisha; geisha on call
keyboard (piano, computer, etc.)
child (esp. a boy); viscount; founder of a school of thought (esp. Confucius); master; masters and philosophers (categorization of Chinese classical literature); (arch.) you; -er (i.e. man who spends all his time doing...)
technical term; terminology; nomenclature
digestion (of food); digestion (of information); assimilation; consumption; absorption; (arch.) losing one's form and turning into something else
teahouse; (Edo period) rest stop; (geisha) teahouse; establishment where patrons are entertained by geisha; tea house (that sells tea); tea dealer
room for female servants; room where there are women; jail for women
a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago
discolouration of a mineral due to impurities (discoloration)
tone of voice; mimicry; imitative voice
subordination; servitude; servility; subordinate; underling
daily life; daily living; waking up and going to sleep
daily life; daily living; waking up and going to sleep
fixed; settled; constant; definite; uniform; regularized
place; location; room; space; basho; wrestling tournament
(arch.) office; (arch.) official; chief; head; (Yaeyama Islands in Okinawa) person (usually a woman) whose duty it is to officiate at religions ceremonies
go that far; to that extent
investigation; inspection; examination; tune; note; melody
to reach; to touch; to be delivered; to arrive; to be attentive; to be scrupulous
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
absurdity; contradiction; incoherence; irrelevance
absurdity; contradiction; incoherence; irrelevance
to look up at; to raise one's eyes; to look up to; to admire; to respect
to be added to; to be appended; to join in (e.g. a group of friends); to participate; to increase (e.g. heat); to gain in (e.g. influence)
to grow; to cultivate; to wear a beard
sentimental; mushy; sugary; saccharine; sickly-sweet
messenger; police and judicial chief (Heian and Kamakura periods); klesha (polluting thoughts such as greed, hatred and delusion, which result in suffering)
ladle; dipper; wild chervil (Anthriscus sylvestris); cow parsley; keck
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
facial expression; countenance; look; appearance; expression (vocal, etc.)
anywhere; for all time; through thick and thin; come hell or high water; persistently; stubbornly
to make a witty remark; to come out with a bon mot
to confide; to reveal; to disclose; to lay bare; to speak frankly; to open (one's heart)
to irritate; to grate on one's nerves; to aggravate; to be galling; to be invidious
event; festivities; function; social gathering; auspices; opening
strong beginning and weak ending; anticlimax