(United States of) America; USA; US
skipjack tuna (Katsuwonus pelamis); oceanic bonito; victorfish
sitting together; the same theater (theatre); involvement; entanglement; implication
Kawakami Sadayakko (1871.9.2-1946.12.7)
to lead (a) life (usu. preceded by the type of life)
between (e.g. two people); face to face; hindrance; impediment; arrhythmic section of recitative in noh music; playing with only 2 players; prefix used for stress or emphasis
to drive in (e.g. nail, stake); to hammer in; to hit (a ball, etc.); to drive; to fire into (e.g. a crowd); to launch (e.g. missiles); to input (data)
white; innocence; innocent person; blank space; white go stone; white dragon tile; skewered grilled pig intestine
silk gauze (esp. used in light clothing for high summer)
collar; lapel; neckband; nape of the neck; scruff of the neck
zori; traditional Japanese thonged sandals
covering used to wrap a baby
script; screenplay; scenario
trouble; quarrel; dispute
scene; spectacle; sight; view
surface; face (i.e. the visible side of an object); front (of a building, etc.); obverse side (i.e. "head") of a coin; outside; exterior; appearance
elder sister; effeminate man
unique; peculiar; special
older sister; elder sister; young lady; miss; ma'am
adopted daughter; foster daughter
play; sport; fun; caprice; joke; jest
brother-in-law (spouse's older brother or older sister's husband); older stepbrother
to entwine; to twine around; to coordinate (with); to arrest
oath; vow; attestation; solemn pledge
earthenware baking pan; parching pan; form of punishment in which a person is forced to walk on an oiled pipe over a charcoal fire (ancient China)
penalty; sentence; punishment
as (X, then Y); with; in accordance with; in proportion to
echo; reverberation; spirit of a tree; tree spirit
to be prominent; to be conspicuous
red string of fate; in Chinese-Japanese folklore, fated lovers were said to be joined by an unseen red string, tied around one little finger of each
the senses; sensuality; carnality
to lose; to be defeated; to succumb; to give in; to be inferior to; to break out in a rash due to (e.g. lacquer, shaving, etc.)
show; display; pretensions; pose (in kabuki); posture
competition; rivalry; something worth doing
inconsistency; discord; conflict; discrepancy; contradiction; failure
to writhe (in pain); to be in agony; to be anguished; to be agonized; to be troubled