proficient; skillful; enjoying; satisfaction; satiation
thin Japanese paper (esp. vellum paper); Japanese tissue
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
the original; original copy; script
gap; space; break; interlude; chink (in one's armor, armour); chance
copy; duplicate; facsimile; transcript
lines of the palm; aptitude; handwriting; apt move (in a go or shogi game); standard method
skillful; skilful; adroit; clever; shrewd; ingenious
patience; perseverance; persistence; tenacity; energy
painstaking; careful; meticulous; scrupulous; detailed; elaborate
one thin flat object; one sheet
to transcribe; to duplicate; to describe; to film; to picture
plum blossoms (as a harbinger of spring)
compilation (of a text); editing; volume (of a text); completed literary work
twelve; 12; queen (playing card)
counter for books; volume
illustration appearing in the first pages of a publication; frontispiece
to hand over; to transfer; to give up (e.g. one's seat); to give way; to yield; to concede
genuine article; real thing; real deal
short sword; knife; dagger; dirk; tantō
manuscript (book); written copy of a book; codex; transcription; copying
to knit one's brows (in discomfort, unease, disapproval, etc.); to raise one's eyebrows; to frown; to scowl
to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time
daimyo's main Tokyo mansion
mistake; error; fault; slip; blunder; omission
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow; anyhow; one way or another
assessment; rating; grade; evaluation
growing impudent; becoming arrogant; getting stuck-up; becoming more severe (esp. regarding something bad); increasing
seems to be; appears to have; supposed to be
stealthily; secretly; in secret
discovery; detection; finding
postponement; deferment; extension (of time)
to stop; to prohibit; to forbid someone to do something
expulsion; ousting; ejection; dismissal; banishment
recommendation of an influential person
(a) little; (a) few; slight; only; just; merely
to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something
conical hat (East-Asian style); coolie hat; something shaped like a conical hat or an umbrella; shade (of a lamp); mushroom cap
daffodil (esp. Narcissus tazetta var. chinensis); narcissus
covering which protects against frost
solitary life; wretched abode
to leak out; to escape; to find expression; to give vent; to leak out; to be divulged
anonymous report; (secret) information; tip-off; informing (against)