lover; sweetheart; boyfriend; girlfriend
worshiper; visitor to temple or shrine
women's bridal robe with trailing skirts worn over a kimono
women's bridal robe with trailing skirts worn over a kimono; ending play for the day; leaving a game unfinished (esp. Go)
kana; Japanese syllabary (i.e. hiragana, katakana)
blueness; greenness; tinge of blue; (vegetable) garnish
family grave; ancestral grave; tomb
passer-by; traveler; traveller
large circle; great circle
Kan'ei era (1624.2.30-1644.12.16)
Kanji to English (dictionary)
clique; group; (political) faction; wing; school; sect
(historical) investigation
Meiwa era (1764.6.2-1772.11.16)
popular name; common name; nickname; alias
Buddhist priest; bonze; close-cropped hair; crew cut; boy; sonny
dissolute priest; depraved monk; ferocious warrior monk
dissipation; prodigality; debauchery
breaking a commandment (usually religious); offense against the Buddhist commandments (offence)
chief priest (of a Buddhist temple)
family which supports a temple; parishioner
to bear a grudge against; to resent; to blame; to curse; to feel bitter towards
spread; span; expanse; extent
(metropolitan) prefecture (of Osaka and Kyoto); the centre or seat (of) (center); (government) office; fu; historical administrative unit in China, Korea and Vietnam
Meireki era (1655.4.13-1658.7.23)
yokozuna (highest rank in sumo); grand champion; best in its field; crème de la crème; cream of the crop
head; brains; intellect; understanding
to etch (name, etc.); to carve (design)
Kagutsuchi; fire deity who burned to death his mother Izanami during childbirth (and was therefore beheaded by his father Izanagi)
to profit; to benefit from; to take advantage of; to make good use of
charming; fascinating; voluptuous
spreading around (news, etc.); talking about widely; noising about; circulating
lapse of memory; forgetting completely; (consigning to) oblivion
sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas)
Japanese laurel; spotted laurel; Aucuba japonica; live tree
whole year; all year round; always; all the time; during an era; middle class (of a nursery school, etc.)
roasted sweet potato; baked sweet potato
sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas)
person who has rendered distinguished service